Cecilia Dapaah Biography and Age
Cecilia Dapaah Biography, Age, Net Worth, and Education: She is widely known as Cecilia Dapaah, and was born on November 27, 1954. She is a top Ghanaian politician and belongs to the New Patriotic Party. She is also a former Member of Parliament for the Bantama constituency. She served as the deputy minister for water resources, works, and housing and the minister for aviation, sanitation, and water resources, respectively.
Dapaah served as President John Kufour’s personal assistant and was a development worker by trade. She was chosen to serve as Ghana Cocoa Processing Company’s board chair in 2001. In 2005, she was appointed the deputy minister for water resources, works, and housing after being removed from the board. Until the conclusion of the John Kufour administration in 2008, she was appointed as a substantive minister in 2007.
Cecilia Dapaah was a member of the Parliament of Ghana from 2005 to 2013. She served on various parliamentary committees in Ghana including Works and Housing; Advisory Committee to the Speaker of the Parliament; Employment, Social welfare and Youth; Foreign Affairs; and Special Budget.
In the 2004 general elections in Ghana, Dapaah was chosen to serve as the representative for the Bantama constituency in the Ashanti Region.
She won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. Her constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region. The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.
She was elected with 41,064 votes out of 49,174 total valid votes cast equivalent to 83.5% of total valid votes cast. She was elected over Alhasan Napoh of the National Democratic Congress and Yaw Owusu Boafo of the Convention People’s Party. These obtained 14.8% and 1.7% respectively of total valid votes cast.
In 2008, she won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency. Her constituency was part of the 34 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region. The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.
She was elected with 36,708 votes out of 48,476 total valid votes cast equivalent to 75.72% of total valid votes cast. She was elected over Nana Osei Akoto-Kuffour of the National Democratic Congress, Osei-Tutu Richard of the Convention People’s Party, Eunice Owusu-Ansah of the Reformed Patriotic Democrats and Stephen Kwaku Saahene an independent candidate. These obtained 14.45%, 5.52%, 0.91% and 3.39% respectively of the total votes cast.
Cecilia Dapaah Education Background
She studied at the University of Ghana, where, in 1979, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in French and Linguistics. She has a postgraduate diploma in International Development Studies from the University of Oslo and a certificate in leadership from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Cecilia Dapaah’s Net Worth
She is one of the richest Politicians from Ghana. According to our analysis on Wikipedia, Forbes, and Business Insider, Cecilia Dapaah’s net worth is $5 million.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Politician |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living In Own House. |
SOURCE: Ghnewslive.com
