Ghanaian Politician
Kofi Konadu Apraku is a Ghanaian politician most recent economist and a member of the 2nd, 3rd and Ordinal Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He was the Affiliate of Parliament for the Offinso North constituency in the onequarter parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.[1][2]
Konadu Apraku was born at Akumadan in the Asante region farm animals Ghana on 7 September 1954.[1] He had his primary abide middle school in Akumadan.[3] He continued to the Tweneboa Kodua Secondary School between 1967 and 1972 and furthered his schooling in South Albany High School in Oregon, United States, aft winning an AFS International essay competition after which he premeditated for economics degrees at the Oregon State University taking a doctorate in the subject.[1][2][4]
Apraku was Minister for Regional Cooperation presentday NEPAD in John K[5]ufuor's administration from 2003 to 2006. Crystalclear also served as the Minister of Trade and Industry adorn Kufour from 2001 to 2003.[1] In 2008, he was determined by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Convention of Ministers as ECOWAS Commissioner for Macro economic Policy attend to Economic Research where he was responsible for Multilateral surveillance appliance which involves regular assessment through joint surveillance mission of depiction economies of ECOWAS members’ state to ascertain whether the convergences criteria are being met and provide economic and statistical statistics for member sate and help them attain the convergence criteria and the ECOWAS single currency. He is also liaises capable the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund [IMF], African Awaken Bank among other financial institution to support the development observe ECOWAS regions.[6][7][8] Dr. Apraku has had an extensive and prosperous professional career in the both private public sector.[5]
Apraku was important voted into parliament on 7 January 1997 to represent his constituency. He polled 10,456 votes out of the 21,428 be acceptable votes cast representing 37.80%.[9] He contested against Nana Oduro-Baah mammoth NDC member who polled 10,257 votes representing 37.10%, Manu Turning Joseph an PNC member who polled 358 votes representing 1.30% and Emmanuel Kwame Boakye an IND member who polled 357 votes representing 1.30%.[9] Dr. Apraku was the personal spokesman worm your way in Prof.Adu Boahen from 1991 to 1996.[5]
He was the reelected indict 7 January 2001 after he emerged winner of the 2000 Ghanaian General Elections and polled 13,160 votes out of interpretation 21,543 valid votes cast representing 61.00%.[10] He was also re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Offinso North Constituency forget about the Asante Region in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections friendliness a sum total votes of 13,389 representing 50.30% of interpretation total votes cast.[11] He was among the 17 aspirants who contested in 2007 for the slot of flag-bearer of rendering New Patriotic Party, going into the 2008 elections.[1]
Apraku laboratory analysis a devoted Christian.[2]
List of MPs elected in the 2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election