Hon.
Gibril Adamu Mohammed
Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
Born1961
Died(2005-02-15)15 February 2005
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
OccupationMedical Doctor

Gibril Adamu Mohammed was a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana.[1][2] He was the Member of Parliament representing Asawase constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[1][2] He was a member of the National Democratic Congress.[1][2]

Career

Mohammed was a medical doctor by profession.[3]

Political career

Mohammed was a member of the National Democratic Congress.[1][2] He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004.[1][2] He was elected as the member of parliament for the Asawase constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.[1][2]

Elections

Mohammed was elected as the member of parliament for the Asawase constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[2][1] He won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[2][1] His constituency was a part of the three parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Ashanti Region.[4] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[5] He was elected with 33,541 votes out of 67,485 total valid votes cast.[1][2] This was equivalent to 49.7% of total valid votes cast.[1][2] He was elected over Thomas Atigah of the People's National Convention, Patricia Appiagyei of the New Patriotic Party, Hassan B. A. Abu-Bong of the Convention People's Party, Adam Diyawu Rahaman of the Democratic People's Party and Abdul Majeed Alhassan an independent candidate.[1][2] These obtained 1,598, 29,067, 570, 204 and 2,505 votes respectively of total votes cast.[1][2] These were equivalent to 2.4%, 43.1%, 0.8%, 0.3% and 3.7% respectively of total valid votes cast.[1][2]

Personal life

Mohammed was a Muslim.[3]

Death

Mohammed died shortly after winning the parliamentary seat for Asawase constituency on 15 February 2005.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Asawase Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 120.
  3. 1 2 3 Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Accra: The Office of Parliament. 2004.
  4. ↑ "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Peace FM. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - President". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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