Kweku Tanikyi Kesse | |
|---|---|
| MP for Evalue-Gwira constituency | |
| In office January 2013 – January 2017 | |
| President | John Dramani Mahama |
| Preceded by | Catherine Afeku |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Afeku |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 July 1967 |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Occupation | Politician |
Kweku Tanikyi Kesse is a Ghanaian engineer and politician.[1][2] He is a former Member of Parliament of Evalue Gwira Constituency and a member of the National Democratic Congress of Ghana. He lost his re-election bid to Catherine Afeku in the 2016 parliamentary election whom he had earlier defeated during the 2012 parliamentary election.[1]
Early life and education
Kesse was born on 7 July 1967. He hails from Bamiankor, a town in the Western Region of Ghana. He obtained his Master of Science degree in Automatic Control Engineering from the Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba in 1994.[2][3]
Career
Kesse worked at the Tema Oil Refinery as a Projects Engineer from 1997 to 2002. He later joined RAM Engineering Limited where he worked as a Project Manager from 2004 to 2009. From 2009 until 2012, Kesse was the managing director of KABK Engineering Limited[2][3]
Politics
Kesse entered parliament on 7 January 2013 representing the Evalue-Gwira constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He lost the seat in 2016 to Catherine Afeku of the New Patriotic Party[2][3]
Personal life
Kesse is married with three children. He identifies as a Christian.[2][3]
References
- 1 2 web, ghana. "Kojo-Armah-laid-to-rest". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 MPS, Ghana. "Kessie, Kweku Tanikyi". GhanaMps. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Member of Parliament Kweku Tanikyi Kesse". Ghana Web. Retrieved 1 February 2020.