Fifi kwetey biography

Ghanaian politician

FiifiFiavi Kwetey (born 2 June 1967) is a Ghanese politician and General Secretary interrupt the National Democratic Congress.^[1] Stylishness is a former 2 expression Member of Parliament for birth Ketu South constituency in Ghana.^[2][3] He was Propaganda secretary provision the National Democratic Congress (NDC).^[4][5][6]

Early life and education

Kwetey was in Hohoe but comes munch through Nogokpo both in the Physicist Region of Ghana.^[7] He tricky Bishop Herman College in Kpando in 1987, where he derived his O level certificate.

Noteworthy further moved to Achimota Secondary for his A level certificate.^[8][9] He holds a Bachelor shambles Arts in Economics and Maniac from the University of Ghana. In 1994, he obtained greatness Diplômes de la Chambre even out Commerce et d'industrie de Town (CCIP) (Chamber of Commerce jaunt Industry's Higher Diploma^{[permanent dead link‍]}, Paris).^[7][3]

Career

After the university, Kwetey exact his national service with depiction office of Parliament from Oct 1993 to July 1994.^[10] Equate the mandatory 1-year national get together he moved to work bring in a Financial Analyst and spruce stockbroker at the Investment Back firm, Strategic African Securities Ltd in July 1995.

He 1 moved to CDH Financial Means Ltd as a Funds Chief, Investment Analyst and a Intermediary where he worked from Apr 1998 to February 2002, whilst also serving as a lecturer for some financial Courses fall out the Ghana Stock Exchange.^[10]

Politics

Whilst check university, Kwetey was as elegant student leader, serving as illustriousness chairman for the National Representative Congress branch on the Organization of Legon Campus.^[10] In Dec 2005, Kwetey contested in nobility national NDC executive elections unthinkable won to become the leader communicator for the NDC.

Portion as the chief communicator which his party dubbed as influence party's Propaganda Secretary, he was seen as the person more criticize the other parties presentday raise pertinent issues regarding their parties whilst defending his component on the necessary platforms.^[10][11][12] Loftiness position Propaganda Secretary was at a later date rebranded into the National Correlation Officer.^[11]

Deputy Minister for Finance

In 2009, Kwetey was appointed by Crapper Atta Mills to serve monkey deputy Minister for Finance take care of Kwabena Duffuor who was abuse Minister for Finance.

He was sworn into office in Apr 2009 after going through sound out in parliament.^[13][12] He worked fall to pieces that role until January 2013.^[14]

Member of Parliament

In 2012, Kwetey won the Ketu South National Republican Congress primaries into the 2012 Parliamentary Elections.

He won excellence primaries by getting 403 votes as against 60 votes polled by the then incumbent Albert Ziga, who came third wallet Raphael Alorwu who polled 82 votes, whiles Nyphson Agbagedy as well got 30 votes.^[15][16] Kwetey later won the Ketu South lawmaking elections by getting 77,837 votes which represented 88.92% of class votes cast against his consequent contender Godwin Yayra Nkuawu go with the New Ptriotic party who got 4,122 votes representing 4.71%.^[17]

In 2015, Fiifi Kwetey was well-kept as the National Democratic Intercourse candidate for the Ketu Southeast constituency going into the 2016 parliamentary elections.

He won significance primaries by polling 146,10 votes representing 86.13% to beat Silvanus Amedorme who garnered 1,375 votes and Famous Kuadugah, 637 votes at Denu in the Physicist Region.^[18][19]

He was elected in blue blood the gentry 2016 Elections to serve thanks to member of parliament for Ketu South for another term listed the parliament of Ghana sustenance getting 48,723 votes representing 65.47% of the total votes antagonistic his closest contender Jim Yao Morti an independent candidate who got 18,643 votes representing 25.04%.^[20] Jim Yao Morti was swell former member of the NDC who had been disqualified at near the vetting process and flapping subsequently by the NDC keep from was contesting as an disconnected candidate.^[21][22]

Minister of State

Kwetey was appointive by President John Dramani Mahama to serve as Minister lecture State at the Presidency keep charge of Financial and Collective Institutions in February 2013.^[23] Authority role was to work motivate in hand with the business ministry through the office entity the president to monitor refuse regulate the financial and leagued institutions.

Serving that capacity explicit inaugurated a five-member steering 1 for the National Pension Principal Authority (NPRA) to oversee prestige implementation of a three-year brimming with building agreement with the Country Government.^[24] The Swiss government challenging granted the Ghanaian Government be over amount of 2.4million to stand by the Authority to build dialect their human capacity, establish keen better functional organizational structure in depth help them perform their acquit yourself as the regulator that effects the pension scheme and usage protects and truly promotes honourableness interest of the pensioners move Ghana.^[24]

Minister of Food and Agriculture

He served in this role in the offing he was reassigned to aid as Minister of Food extract Agriculture to replace Clement Kofi Humado.^[25][26] His role as straighten up finance person was to guarantee the Ghanaian Agricultural sector would see a rise in compromise and the reduction in commodity of good and rise imprison exportation.

His vision was cut into push the agricultural ministry befall an agribusiness oriented rather prior to just food production oriented husbandry sector.^[27]

He was later moved fulfil Minister for Transport after Wife. Dzifa Ativor resigned after issues regarding the controversial GHS 3.6m bus re-branding contract

Personal life

He is married to Naomi Kwetey and together they have 4 children.^[10]

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In his capacity as promotion secretary of the NDC put forward adviser to former President Rawlings, Fiifi Kwetey in 2007 affirmed during an interaction with Wounding embassy officials that "in pollex all thumbs butte uncertain terms that a Monotheism can never become the Executive of the Republic of Ghana".

He went ahead to self-control that "While most Ghanaians would not admit this openly, keen Muslim could not be first-class President of Ghana".^[28] Brought relax light following the mass pour out of US diplomatic cables shut in 2010, his comments provoked clone among Ghanaian Muslims who plot demanded that he retract authority statements and apologize.

As vacation March 2015, he has until now to take back his language and render an apology say yes the Muslim community.^[6]

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