Gibril Adamu Mohammed

Gibril Adamu Mohammed was a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana.^[1][2] He was the Member of Parliament representing Asawase constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.^[1][2] He was a member of the National Democratic Congress.^[1][2]

Hon. Gibril Adamu Mohammed
Member of Parliament for Asawase Constituency
In office 7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
President	John Kufuor
Personal details
Born	1961
Died	(2005-02-15)15 February 2005
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Occupation	Medical Doctor

Career

Mohammed was a medical doctor by profession.^[3]

Political career

Mohammed was a member of the National Democratic Congress.^[1][2] He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004.^[1][2] He was elected as the member of parliament for the Asawase constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.^[1][2]

Elections

Mohammed was elected as the member of parliament for the Asawase constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.^[2][1] He won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.^[2][1] His constituency was a part of the three parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Ashanti Region.^[4] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.^[5] He was elected with 33,541 votes out of 67,485 total valid votes cast.^[1][2] This was equivalent to 49.7% of total valid votes cast.^[1][2] He was elected over Thomas Atigah of the People's National Convention, Patricia Appiagyei of the New Patriotic Party, Hassan B. A. Abu-Bong of the Convention People's Party, Adam Diyawu Rahaman of the Democratic People's Party and Abdul Majeed Alhassan an independent candidate.^[1][2] These obtained 1,598, 29,067, 570, 204 and 2,505 votes respectively of total votes cast.^[1][2] These were equivalent to 2.4%, 43.1%, 0.8%, 0.3% and 3.7% respectively of total valid votes cast.^[1][2]

Personal life

Mohammed was a Muslim.^[3]

Death

Mohammed died shortly after winning the parliamentary seat for Asawase constituency on 15 February 2005.^[3]

See also

• List of MPs elected in the 2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election