Anthony Boakye-Yiadom is a Ghanaian politician. He is a member of parliament that represented Amansie West constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 2nd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana with the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[1][2][3]

Anthony Boakye-Yiadom
Member of Parliament for Amansie West Constituency
In office
7 January 1996 – 6 January 2001
PresidentJerry John Rawlings
Preceded byKofi Amankwaa Peasah
Succeeded byStephen Cobbinah B. Karikari
Personal details
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party

Politics

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Anthony Boakye-Yiadom's political career began after he contested for the office of the member of the parliament to represent Amannsie West Constituency in the 1996 Ghanaian general election on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He took the seat from Mr. Kofi Amankwaa Peasah of National Democratic Congress after obtaining 24,874 votes to beat Mr Kwaku Aninkora Sie of the National Democratic Congress who had 11,789 votes, Mr. E.K.Berko of the People's National Convention who had 1,174 votes and Mr. John Nimoh of the National Convention Party who had 1,160 votes. He was succeeded in office by Stephen Cobbinah Buor-Karikari of the New Patriotic Party who won the 2000 Ghanaian general election.[4][5][6][7]

Personal life

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Anthony Boakye-Yiadom is a Christian and a Church elder at the Church of Pentecost.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Ghana MPs - List of 2013 - 2017 (6th Parliament) MPs". GhanaMps. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  2. ^ "Results - 1996 Parliamentary Elections". Web Archive. 2007-09-28. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  3. ^ "MP decries spate of Chieftaincy disputes". GhanaWeb. 2 June 1999. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  4. ^ "Ghana HomePage, resource for News, Sports, Facts, Opinions, Business and Entertainment". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  5. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Asokwa West Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  6. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament - Ashanti Region Election 1996 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  7. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament - Ashanti Region Election 2000 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  8. ^ "Church Leaders - pentproject". Google Site. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-10-07.