Nicholas Amankwah is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the
National Democratic Congress. He is the member of Parliament for the
Amenfi East Constituency in the
Western region.
Career
Amankwah served as
District Chief Executive A District Chief Executive (DCE) is an appointed public servant who heads a district in Ghana. It is an official and nationally recognized position and is similar to that of a mayor of a city in other countries. The responsibilities and duties of a ...
(DCE) for the
Wassa Amenfi East District
Wassa Amenfi East Municipal District is one of the fourteen districts in Western Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Wassa Amenfi District in 1988, which was created from the former Aowin-Amenfi District
Aowin-Ame ...
Assembly now Wassa Amenfi East Municipal Assembly from 2016 to 2017.
Politics
Member of parliament
Amankwah entered the race for the parliamentary candidate in the National Democratic Congress primaries in the Amenfi East Constituency ahead of the 2020 elections. He was acclaimed in August 2019 after he went opposed in the National Democratic Congress primaries making him the NDC's candidate for the Amenfi East constituency.
In December 2020, Ghansah won the seat for Amenfi East Constituency in the parliamentary elections after polling 36,215 votes representing 53.90% against his closest contender, Edward Amo-Acquah of the
New Patriotic Party
The New Patriotic Party (NPP; ) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian ...
who had 29,954 votes representing 44.58%
Prior to the elections, on 4 November 2020 it was reported on both radio and television that he had been attacked by armed robbers at his residence at Wassa Akropong.
Personal life
Nicholas Amankwah is a Christian.
References
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Living people
National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians
Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025
Politicians from Western Region (Ghana)
1984 births