Paa Kwesi Nduom

Infobox MP


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honorific-prefix =Hon.
name =Paa Kwesi Nduom
honorific-suffix =MP
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constituency_MP =Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem
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majority =15,554
term_start =January 2005
term_end =Present
predecessor =Ato Quarshie
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birth_place =Elmina, Ghana
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nationality =Ghanaian
party =Convention People's Party
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spouse =Mrs. Yvonne Nduom
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children =Nana Kweku, Edjah, Papa Wassa and Nana Aba
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alma_mater =University of Wisconsin
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profession =Business consultant and politician
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religion =Catholic


website =http://www.nduom.com/
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Paa Kwesi Nduom or Papa Kwesi Nduom, (born February 15, 1953) is a business consultant and politician. He is the Convention People's Party's nominee to contest the Ghanaian presidential election in December 2008. He is also the current member of parliament for the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem constituency and has served as minister of state in various portfolios in the Kufuor government between 2001 and 2007. He was named after his father as Joseph Hubster Yorke Jr.

Early life and education

Paa Kwesi Nduom was born at Elmina in the Central Region of Ghana.cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/pop-up.php?ID=185 |title=Minister of Planning and Regional Integration - Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom |accessdate=2008-03-04 |work=Famous Ghanaians |publisher=Ghana Home Page] He had his secondary education at the St. Augustine's Secondary School in Cape Coast, where he obtained both the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary and Advanced Levels. He proceeded to the United States where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree at the University of Wisconsin in 1975. He subsequently went on to get a Master's degree in Management (1977) and a Ph.D (Service Delivery Systems) in 1982 at the same university.

Career

Nduom started work as a life insurance underwriter with the North Western Mutual Life Insurance Company between 1975 and 1978. Over the next year, he worked with the Blue Cross Shield of Wisconsin. In 1979, he joined the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District as a Budget and Management Analyst. In 1981, he joined Deloitte and Touche as an associate consultant, rising to become a partner in the Milwaukee office of the firm by 1986. In 1992, he helped establish the Deloitte & Touche, West Africa Consulting. [cite web |url=http://www.nduom.com/career/career.htm |title=Professional Career |accessdate=2008-03-08 |publisher=Nduom official website]

He served as a board member for Fan Milk Ghana Limited, Edinaman Secondary School and the Ghana Heritage and Conservation Trust.

Politics

;District AssemblyHis active role in politics began in 1997 when he was elected as a member of the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem District Assembly for the Akotobinsin Electoral Area. [cite web |url=http://www.nduom.com/ingovt/index.htm |title=Dr. Nduom in Government: 2001 - 2007 |accessdate=2008-03-04]

;National politicsIn December 2000, he unsuccessfully contested the Ghanaian parliamentary elections for the for the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem constituency on the ticket of the Convention People's Party (CPP). He lost to the incumbent MP, Ato Quarshie of the National Democratic Congress by a margin of 2.6% of the valid votes cast. [cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/ghana/ghana5.txt |title=Republic of Ghana - Legislative Election of 7 December 2000 |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=Adam Carr's Election Archives] Two months later however, he was appointed by President John Kufuor as the Minister for Economic Planning & Regional Cooperation although he was not a member of the ruling New Patriotic Party. He also served during this period as the Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission. [cite web |url=http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?newsid=4065&section=11 |title=Nduom is out |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=News Comment |author=Frank Agyei Twum |date=2007-07-11 |publisher=The Statesman] [cite web |url=http://www.nduom.com/ingovt/ecoplanning.htm |title=MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC PLANNING & REGIONAL COOPERATION FEBRUARY 2001 – APRIL 2003 |accessdate=2008-03-06 |publisher=Nduom official website] During a cabinet reshuffle in April 2003, Nduom became the Minister for Energy. [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=34819 |title=Government names new Cabinet |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=General News of Tuesday, 1 April 2003 |publisher=Ghana Home Page ] [cite web |url=http://www.nduom.com/ingovt/energy.htm |title=Minister for Energy - APRIL 2003 - JANUARY 2005 |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=Nduom official website] 18 months later, he again contested the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem seat in the Ghanaian parliamentary election in December 2004 and this time round, he won with a majority of 15,554 (33.6%). [cite web |url=http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ghana/03610.pdf |title=Elections 2004 - Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=Parliamentary Election Results for Region Central by the Electoral Commission |date=November 2005 |publisher=Electoral Commission of Ghana,with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Accra] [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/election2004/parliament.constituency.php?ID=91 |title=Parliamentary Results Komenda/Edina Eguafo/Abirem (Central Region) |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=Results Parliamentary Elections |publisher=Ghana Home Page] At the time, he served as the chairman of the Organising Committee of the CPP. Early in President Kufuor's second term of office, Nduom became the Minister for Public Sector Reform. [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=103354 |title=Kufuor restructures ministerial team |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=General News of Friday, 28 April 2006 |publisher=Ghana Home Page] He continued in this capacity till July 2007 when he resigned from government to seek his party's nomination to stand as the CPP presidential candidate. [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=126979 |title=Nduom quits government |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=Press Review of Tuesday, 10 July 2007 |publisher=Ghana Home Page]

;Bid for presidentIn December 2007, Nduom was nominated by the CPP to contest the Ghanaian presidential election scheduled for December 2008. [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=136134 |title=Nduom wins CPP race |accessdate=2008-03-06 |work=General News of Monday, 17 December 2007 |publisher=Ghana Home Page] [cite news |url=http://blog.vibeghana.com/2007/12/17/paa-kwesi-nduom-wins-cpp-race.aspx |title=Paa Kwesi Nduom Wins CPP Race |accessdate=2008-03-05 |date=2007-12-17 |work=Politics,General News |publisher=VibeGhana.com]

Family

Nduom is married to Mrs. Yvonne Nduom, a management specialist and graduate of the Cape Coast University in Ghana and the University of Wisconsin in the United States. [cite web |url=http://www.nduom.com/family/missny.htm |title=Mrs. Yvonne Nduom |accessdate=2008-03-06 |publisher=Nduom official website] They are married with four children. [cite web |url=http://www.nduom.com/family/children.htm |title=The Children |accessdate=2008-03-06 |publisher=Nduom official website]

Notes

See also

*Kufuor government

External links and sources

* [http://www.nduom08.com/ Official Campaign Website]
* [http://www.nduom.com/ Nduom website]
* [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/pop-up.php?ID=185 Profile on Ghana Home Page]
* [http://www.ghanadistricts.com/mps/?r=3&PHPSESSID=5c313f45f8ea5f71d3509381ba Pictures of Central Region MPs on GhanaDistricts.com]

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Persondata
NAME= Nduom, Paa Kwesi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Yorke Jr., Joseph Hubster
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Ghanaian politician, business consultant and Member of Parliament
DATE OF BIRTH=February 15, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH=Elmina, Ghana
DATE OF DEATH=Living
PLACE OF DEATH=