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Ghanaian politician

Hon.Emmanuel Owusu Mainu
Member of Parliament for Atebubu-Amantin Constituency
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
John Mahama
Succeeded bySanja Nanja
Member of Parliament for Atebubu-Amantin Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byNew constituency
Personal details
Born (1949-09-03) 3 September 1949 (age 75)
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Children10
Alma materAkrokerri College of Education
ProfessionEducationist

Emmaunuel Owusu-Mainu (born 3 September 1949) is a Ghanaian educationist and politician. He was the member of parliament for the Atebubu-Amantin Constituency in the fourth and fifth Parliaments of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

Early life and work

Owusu-Mainu was born on 3 September 1949. His hometown is Amantin in the formerly Brong Ahafo Region and later Bono East Region of Ghana. Before his election into parliamentary position, he worked with the Ghana Education Service(GES) as an assistant director in-charge of Human Resource Development in the Atebubu District.

Politics

Owusu-Mainu was elected in the 2004 parliamentary election held on 7 December 2004, on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress, as the Member of Parliament for the Atebubu-Amantin Constituency after it was newly created in 2003. He thus became part of the Members of Parliament elected for the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He won with 53.5% of total votes cast against Mumuni Ibrahim Mohammed of the New Patriotic Party, who got 41.3% of total votes cast and Amankwah Kokro - an independent candidate, gaining 5.2% of total votes cast. The National Democratic Congress won 10 parliamentary seats out of 24 parliamentary seats for the Brong Ahafo region in that elections. In total, the party won a minority representation in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic with 94 seats out of 230 total seats in that election of 2004.

He maintained his seat in the 2008 parliamentary election held on 7 December 2008 as the Member of Parliament of the same constituency for the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He won with 49.88% of total votes cast against Cassius Osei-Poku of the New Patriotic Party, who got 37.56% of total votes cast and Kwaku Tuah Osei - an independent candidate, gaining 12.57% of total votes cast. This was also on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He was succeeded by Sanja Nanja in the 2012 parliamentary election also of the National Democratic Congress for the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. The National Democratic Congress won a majority representation in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic with 114 seats out of 230 total seats in that election of 2008.

Personal life

Emmanuel Owusu-Mainu was married with ten children. He was a Christian and fellowships with the New Apostolic Church.

Death

Owusu-Mainu passed away on 18 February 2014 at the 37 Military Hospital in Ghana.

References

  1. ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Owusu-Mainu, Emmanuel". 4 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. Staff, BA News (13 February 2019). "The 11 Districts of The Bono East Region". BA NEWS. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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  4. GHANA'S PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2004 (PDF). Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana,with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Accra. November 2005. p. 132.
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Brong Ahafo Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Results Parliamentary Elections". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. GHANA ELECTION 2008 (PDF). Ghana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2010. p. 70.
  9. GHANA ELECTION 2008 (PDF). Ghana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2010. p. 70.
  10. "Results Parliamentary Elections". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  11. "Former NDC MP dies". MyJoyOnline. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
Parliament of Ghana
Preceded byNone Member of Parliament for Atebubu-Amantin
2005 – 2012
Political offices
Preceded byEmmanuel Owusu-Mainu
 Succeeded bySanja Nanja
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