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Hon.
Raphael Kofi Ahaligah
Member of Parliament for Afram Plains South Constituency
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
John Mahama
Succeeded byJoseph Appiah Boateng
Member of Parliament for Afram Plains South Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Succeeded byKwakye Addo
Personal details
Born (1945-01-01) 1 January 1945 (age 79)
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Alma materKadjebi L/A Middle School
ProfessionFarmer

Raphael Kofi Ahaligah (1 January 1945)[1] is a Ghanaian politician. He was a member of the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

Ahaligah was born on 1 January 1945.[1] He hails from Nogokpo in the Volta Region of Ghana. He obtained a Middle School Leaver's Crtificate in 1963.[2] He attended Kadjebi L/A Middle School.[3]

Career[edit]

He is a farmer and Agriculturalist by profession.[4]

Political life[edit]

He is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).[2] He was a member of parliament for the Afram Plains South seat from 2004 to 2008.[2] In December 2008 Ghanaian general Elections, he won the Afram Plains South seat by polling 12132 summing up to 63.7% out of a 100% votes cast.[5] He was the Member of Parliament for the Afram Plains South constituency seat from 2008 to 2012.

2004 Elections[edit]

Ahaligah was first elected as the member of parliament for the Afram Plains South constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[6] He thus represented the constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana.[3] He was elected with 13,312 votes out of 22,385 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 60.8% of the total valid votes cast.[7] He was elected over Anthony Adongo of the New Patriotic Party. He obtained 8,773 votes out of the total valid votes cast, equivalent to 39.2% of the total valid votes cast.[7] Ahaligah was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[7][6] His constituency was a part of the 22 constituencies won by the National Democratic Congress in the Greater Accra region in that elections.[8] In all, the National Democratic Congress won a total 94 parliamentary seats in the fourth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana.[9]

Personal life[edit]

Ahaligah is married and has ten children. He is a Christian and a member of the catholic church.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Odekro | What has your MP done for you?". staging.odekro.org. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  • ^ a b c d e "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Ahaligah, Raphael Kofi". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  • ^ a b Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004. p. 125.
  • ^ "Farmer to contest NDC Afram Plains South Constituency primaries". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  • ^ "Parliamentary Results Afram Plains South (Eastern Region)". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  • ^ a b FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Afram Plains South Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  • ^ a b c Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections (PDF). Ghana: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 150.
  • ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Eastern Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  • ^ "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

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