Ishmael Ashitey

Ishmael Ashitey (20 November 1954 – 7 January 2022) was a Ghanaian politician who was a Member of Parliament for the New Patriotic Party. He was the Greater Accra Regional Minister of Ghana. He was appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo in January 2017, and was approved by the Parliament of Ghana in February 2017.

Early life and education

Ashitey was born on 20 November 1954. He had his basic school at the Manhean Middle Mixed School in Tema. He further went to the Kpando Technical Institute in the Volta region and later to the Accra Polytechnic where he studied Mechanical engineering. He had his diploma in mechanical engineering at KNUST. He attended the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.

Career Prior to his career in politics, Ashitey was a mechanical engineer. He worked in many companies in and outside Ghana such as Accra Brewery Limited, Tema Steel Works, Tecnofin Nederlands and General Establishment for Plastics & Industries in Libya. He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. These obtained 18,432, 5,028, 2,262, 1,198 and 402 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 29.6%, 8.1%, 3.6%, 1.9 and 0.6% respectively of total valid votes cast. He was elected with 41,519 votes out of the 86,284 total values cast. This was equivalent to 48.1% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Emelia Kai Adjei of the National Democratic Congress, Charles Akwetey Fynn-Williams of the Convention People's Party; and Albert Anawi Nuamah, Lord Koranteng Hamah and Ramseyer Agyeman Prempeh all independent candidates. These obtained 31.6%,1.7%, 6.4%, 2.0% and 10.3% respectively of the total valid votes cast. In all, the New Patriotic Party won a total 128 parliamentary seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Personal life

Ashitey was a Christian

Death He died on 7 January 2022 at the International Maritime Hospital in Tema, at the age of 67. Other source also claimed he passed on at the Tema General Hospital at 68.