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Francis Addai-Nimoh

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Francis Addai-Nimoh
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Mampong Constituency
In office
7 January 2013 – 6 January 2017
Personal details
Born (1965-03-23) March 23, 1965 (age 59)
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Alma materKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Francis Addai-Nimoh (born March 23, 1965) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He represented the Mampong Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[1][2][3]

Personal life

He identifies as a Christian and is married with three children.[1]

Early life and education

Addai-Nimoh was born on March 23, 1965. He hails from Mampong-Nyinampong, a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[4] He attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1993. He also attended the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration and obtained an executive master's degree in Public Administration.[1]

Career

Addai-Nimoh is a Development planner by profession.[4] He is also a civil engineer.[5]

Politics

Addai-Nimoh is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). In 2012, he contested for the Mampong seat on the ticket of the NPP in the 2012 Ghanaian general elections and won.[1][6] He also served as a Member of parliament for Mampong between 2008 and 2016. He contested in the NPP's presidential primaries in 2014.[7] He lost the bid to represent the party in 2015 parliamentary primaries.[5] In the Annual National Delegates Conference 2022, Mr Nimoh predicted surprises of seeing new faces in the leadership of the NPP.[8] He has in recent times joined the race for the NPP flagbearership for the 2024 elections.[9] He, however, lost the election, coming in 4th out of four contestants.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Addai-Nimoh, Francis". GhanaMps. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  2. ^ "Mampong NPP primary: Francis Addai Nimoh cries foul over nomination forms". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  3. ^ "Asante Mampong: One Time MP Addai Nimoh Finally Picks Nomination Forms". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  4. ^ a b "Welcome to Ghana Members of Parliament Website". GhanaMps. Archived from the original on 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  5. ^ a b "NPP primaries: Supporters of Addai-Nimoh and incumbent MP in bloody brawl". MyJoyOnline. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  6. ^ "Election 2012: Mampong Constituency". Peace FM Online. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  7. ^ "Mampong NPP primary: Francis Addai Nimoh cries foul over nomination forms". GhanaWeb. 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  8. ^ GTonline (2022-07-13). "Addai Nimo predicts surprises at NPP nat'l delegates confab". Ghanaian Times. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  9. ^ "Francis Addai Nimoh to join NPP flagbearer race February 1".
  10. ^ "Bawumia wins NPP presidential primary with 61.43% of total valid votes cast".