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Frederick Opare-Ansah (born September 5, 1968) is an Electrical Engineer and Ghanaian politician who is a member of the Fourth and Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Suhum Constituency in the Eastern Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).




Early life and education


Opare-Ansah was born on September 5, 1958. He hails from Amankokrom-Akuapem, a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1994.




Employment


Opare-Ansah worked as the managing director of Third Rail (Ghana) Limited. He is an Engineer by profession.




Political career


Opare-Ansah is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is a member of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He first became a member of the Parliament of Ghana representing Suhum (Ghana parliament constituency) in January 2005 after emerging winner of his constituency polls in the 2004 Ghanaian general election in December.
He had a run of 4 consecutive terms in office represented his constituency in the 7th Parliament of Ghana. where he was the Chairperson of the Communications committee and was also a member of the committees on Finance and Business. In the 5th parliament of the 4th parliament of Ghana he was the Minority Chief Whip.
After losing his bid to become the general secretary of the New Patriotic Party in July 2022, he was appointed by the flagbearer and current vice president of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia as the deputy campaign chairman and strategist.




Elections


Opare-Ansah represented the Suhum constituency as the Member of Parliament for the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party by obtaining 17,461 votes out of the 38,577 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 45.3% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Jacob Kwaku Arkoh of the People's National Convention, Samuel Fleischer Kwabi of the National Democratic Congress, Francis Darby Kobena Inkoom of the Convention People's Party, Matilda Garbrah an independent candidate. These obtained 0.75%, 41.02%, 0.77% and 12.20% respectively of total valid votes cast.
He lost the New Patriotic Party parliamentary elections in 2021 to Kwadjo Asante with 272 votes out of 666 votes cast.
In March 2022, he declared his intention to run for the general secretary position of the New Patriotic Party. He however polled 50 votes and lost the elections in July 2022 to Justin Koduah.




Personal life


Opare-Ansah is a Christian. He is married.




References

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• List of MPs elected in the 2020 Ghanaian general election
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• Kwadjo Asante
• List of MPs elected in the 2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election
• List of MPs elected in the 2016 Ghanaian parliamentary election
• Justin Koduah