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Stephen Asamoah Boateng (born August 18, 1958) is a
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ian politician and a former member of parliament for the Mfantsiman West constituency of the Central region of Ghana. He is a former Minister for Local Government Rural Development and Environment, Tourism and Diaspora Relations. Boateng is also a former minister of information and National Orientation as well as a former chief executive officer of the State Enterprise committee. He is currently the
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of the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA).


Early life and education

Boateng was born in 1958 and hails from Konongo in the
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of Ghana. He attained his basic education at the Konongo
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primary school, Kormantse District Assembly Middle Schools and
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Middle school and then proceeded to obtain his senior high school education at Konongo/Odumase Senior High School. Boateng obtained his first degree from the
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and a master's degree in
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at
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in the United Kingdom. During his stay in the United Kingdom, he worked as a
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at the American Medical Systems (AMS) of
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. He was also a Business Advisor at Business Link in London as well as a Housing Officer at the
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, Chelsea. He worked as a public servant with the position of a store assistant at the Ghana Medical Stores in
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.


Politics

Boateng is a member of the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. His political career began in his early days as a political activist. He became the President of the
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and the secretary of the Central Committee of
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(NUGS) from 1979 to 1982. He participated in the 2004 general elections as a representative of Mfantseman Constituency on the ticket of the
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and was elected as the member of parliament with a total of 28,081 votes out of 49,618 total valid votes cast that year. His constituency was a part of the 16 constituencies won by the New Patriotic Party in the Central region in that elections. His parliamentary term ended in the 2008 general elections after losing his seat to Aquinas Tawiah Quansah of the National Democratic Congress. He was appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo as the executive chairman of the State Enterprise Committee in 2017. Boateng was later appointed the director general of the State Interest And Governance (SIGA) Committee by the same president.


Personal life

Boateng is a Christian. He is married to Zuleika Lorwia, with whom he has seven children including Samuel Nana Yaw Boateng.


See also

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List of MPs elected in the 2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the Parliament of Ghana for the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana at the 2004 parliamentary election, held on 7 December 2004. The list is arranged by region and constitue ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boateng, Stephen Asamoah 1958 births Living people Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 New Patriotic Party politicians University of Ghana alumni Government ministers of Ghana Ghanaian Christians Ghanaian businesspeople Ministers for information of Ghana Politicians from Ashanti Region Konongo Odumase Senior High School alumni