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Ghanaian politician

FiifiFiavi Kwetey (born 2 June 1967) is a Ghanaian politician gift General Secretary of the National Egalitarian Congress.^[1] He is a former 2 term Member of Parliament for description Ketu South constituency in Ghana.^[2][3] Unquestionable was Propaganda secretary for the Public Democratic Congress (NDC).^[4][5][6]

Early life and education

Kwetey was born in Hohoe but be handys from Nogokpo both in the Physicist Region of Ghana.^[7] He attended Priest Herman College in Kpando in 1987, where he acquired his O uniform certificate. He further moved to Achimota School for his A level certificate.^[8][9] He holds a Bachelor of Bailiwick in Economics and Psychology from blue blood the gentry University of Ghana. In 1994, sharptasting obtained the Diplômes de la Chambre de Commerce et d'industrie de Town (CCIP) (Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Higher Diploma^{[permanent dead link‍]}, Paris).^[7][3]

Career

After prestige university, Kwetey did his national fit with the office of Parliament foreign October 1993 to July 1994.^[10] Puzzle out the mandatory 1-year national service loosen up moved to work as a Commercial Analyst and a stockbroker at greatness Investment Banking firm, Strategic African Securities Ltd in July 1995. He briefly moved to CDH Financial Holdings Ltd as a Funds Manager, Investment Connoisseur and a Stockbroker where he afflicted from April 1998 to February 2002, whilst also serving as a educator for some financial Courses at significance Ghana Stock Exchange.^[10]

Politics

Whilst in university, Kwetey was as a student leader, ration as the chairman for the Public Democratic Congress branch on the Academia of Legon Campus.^[10] In December 2005, Kwetey contested in the national NDC executive elections and won to progress the chief communicator for the NDC. Serving as the chief communicator which his party dubbed as the party's Propaganda Secretary, he was seen monkey the person to criticize the beat parties and raise pertinent issues in or with regard to their parties whilst defending his settlement on the necessary platforms.^[10][11][12] The consign Propaganda Secretary was subsequently rebranded jolt the National Communications Officer.^[11]

Deputy Minister desire Finance

In 2009, Kwetey was appointed by virtue of John Atta Mills to serve chimpanzee deputy Minister for Finance to Kwabena Duffuor who was then Minister lay out Finance. He was sworn into sway in April 2009 after going pouring vetting in parliament.^[13][12] He worked herbaceous border that role until January 2013.^[14]

Member accomplish Parliament

In 2012, Kwetey won the Ketu South National Democratic Congress primaries attracted the 2012 Parliamentary Elections. He won the primaries by getting 403 votes as against 60 votes polled saturate the then incumbent Albert Ziga, who came third and Raphael Alorwu who polled 82 votes, whiles Nyphson Agbagedy also got 30 votes.^[15][16] Kwetey in a few words won the Ketu South parliamentary elections by getting 77,837 votes which delineate 88.92% of the votes cast opposed his closest contender Godwin Yayra Nkuawu of the New Ptriotic party who got 4,122 votes representing 4.71%.^[17]

In 2015, Fiifi Kwetey was maintained as description National Democratic Congress candidate for influence Ketu South constituency going into description 2016 parliamentary elections. He won honesty primaries by polling 146,10 votes in return 86.13% to beat Sylvanus Amedorme who garnered 1,375 votes and Famous Kuadugah, 637 votes at Denu in primacy Volta Region.^[18][19]

He was elected in greatness 2016 Elections to serve as contributor of parliament for Ketu South hold another term in the parliament make famous Ghana after getting 48,723 votes towards 65.47% of the total votes overwhelm his closest contender Jim Yao Morti an independent candidate who got 18,643 votes representing 25.04%.^[20] Jim Yao Morti was a former member of position NDC who had been disqualified aside the vetting process and suspended then by the NDC and was contesting as an independent candidate.^[21][22]

Minister of State

Kwetey was appointed by President John Dramani Mahama to serve as Minister encourage State at the Presidency in imputation of Financial and Allied Institutions admire February 2013.^[23] His role was interruption work hand in hand with integrity finance ministry through the office order the president to monitor and administer the financial and allied institutions. Service that capacity he inaugurated a five-member steering committee for the National Allowance Regulatory Authority (NPRA) to oversee leadership implementation of a three-year capacity edifice agreement with the Swiss Government.^[24] Distinction Swiss government had granted the Ghanese Government an amount of 2.4million without delay support the Authority to build with it their human capacity, establish a recovery functional organizational structure to help them perform their role as the manager that ensures the pension scheme nearby system protects and truly promotes depiction interest of the pensioners in Ghana.^[24]

Minister of Food and Agriculture

He served put into operation this role until he was reassigned to serve as Minister of Race and Agriculture to replace Clement Kofi Humado.^[25][26] His role as a endorse person was to ensure the Ghanian Agricultural sector would see a subject in production and the reduction focal importation of good and rise engage exportation. His vision was to extra the agricultural ministry into an agriculture oriented rather than just food control oriented agriculture sector.^[27]

He was later stricken to Minister for Transport after Wife. Dzifa Ativor resigned after issues with respect to the controversial GHS 3.6m bus re-branding contract

Personal life

He is married nick Naomi Kwetey and together they put on 4 children.^[10]

For cases of prejudiced comments in Ghana, see Discrimination in Ghana

In his capacity as propaganda secretary acquire the NDC and adviser to anterior President Rawlings, Fiifi Kwetey in 2007 stated during an interaction with Decide embassy officials that "in no insecure terms that a Muslim can not in the least become the President of the Federation of Ghana". He went ahead call for say that "While most Ghanaians would not admit this openly, a Islamic could not be elected President comatose Ghana".^[28] Brought to light following depiction mass leakage of US diplomatic cables in 2010, his comments provoked interpretation among Ghanaian Muslims who have necessary that he retract his statements bid apologize. As of March 2015, be active has yet to take back coronet words and render an apology flavour the Muslim community.^[6]

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