Alex Adomako-Mensah

Alex Adomako-Mensah (born 5 November 1962) is a Ghanaian male politician and Member of Parliament for Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Ghana.[1]

Hon.
Alex Adomako-Mensah
Alex Adomako-Mensah
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency
PresidentNana Akufo-Addo
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
John Mahama
Personal details
Born (1962-11-05) 5 November 1962
Kumawu, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBanker/ Administrator
CommitteesFinance Committee,Food and Cocoa Affairs Committee

Early life

He was born on 5 November 1962 and hails from Kumawu in the Ashanti Region.[2]

Education

Alex Adomako-Mensah earned his MBA in (UK) from the University of Leicester, in 2001. He became an Associate Member (ACIM) of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK in 2003 and was honored a Member of the Chartered Management Institute (MCMI) by Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK in 2006.[3]

Political life

He is a member of the National Democratic Congress who was voted as part of the MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2016 to represent Sekyere Afram plains. He won the seat with 5,664 votes out of the 9,275 valid votes cast generating 60.85% of the total votes cast.[4][5]

2020 election

Alex Adomako- Mensah contested the Sekyere Afram Plains constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of National Democratic Congress during the 2020 Ghanian general election and won with 8, 079 votes representing 50.49% over the Parliamentary candidate for New Patriotic Party Joseph Gyamfi Owusu who had 7, 923 votes which is equivalent to 49.51% of the total votes.[6][7][8]

Committees

He is a member of the Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises Committee and also a member of the Finance Committee.[2]

Robbery attack

On August 14, 2017, the MP was attacked by some unidentified armed robbers on his way from Kumasi heading towards Kumawu in the evening.[9][10]

Personal life

He is a Christian and married (with five children).[11]

References
  1. Ghana, ICT Dept. Office of Parliament. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. "Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. "Ghana Parliament member Alex Adomako-Mensah". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  4. technologies, Esolz. "Ghana Election sekyere-afram-plains Constituency Results". Graphic Online. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2016 Results - Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  6. FM, Peace. "Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency Results - Election 2020". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  7. "Sekyere Afram Plains – Election Data Center – The Ghana Report". Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  8. "Parliamentary Results for Sekyere Afram Plains". mobile.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  9. Kyei-Boateng, Joseph. "Ghana news: Suspected robbers attack MP for Sekyere Afram Plains". Graphic Online. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  10. "MP Robbed At Gunpoint". Daily Guide Africa. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Mensah, Adomako Alex". ghanamps.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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