Edith Hazel

Edith Hazel is a Ghanaian politician and diplomat who served as the Member of Parliament for the Evalue Gwira constituency in the Western Region of Ghana from 2001 to 2005. Until she was appointed as a Ghanaian ambassador to Denmark and Finland in July 2014, she held the position of deputy head of Ghana's mission in Washington, D.C., U.S. She was elected over Kojo Armah of the Convention Peoples Party, Sagary Nokoe of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Kwabena Erskine of the National Reform Party. These obtained votes 5,994, 2,702 and 115 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast. In all, the party won a minority total of 89 parliamentary representation out of 200seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.