Richard Winfred Anane
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Richard Winfred Anane (born March 12, 1954){{Cite web |title=Ghana MPs - MP Details - Anane, Richard (Dr) |url=http://ghanamps.com/mps/details.php?id=2543 |access-date=2018-03-13 |website=Ghana MPs}} is a physician and former Ghanaian politician who served as Minister for Roads and Highways, Minister for Health, and Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso serving from 1997 to 2017.{{Cite web |title=Anane Bows Out - Daily Guide Africa |url=http://dailyguideafrica.com/anane-bows-out/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108155948/http://dailyguideafrica.com/anane-bows-out/ |archive-date=8 January 2017 |access-date=2018-03-13 |website=dailyguideafrica |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Anane was born on 12 March, 1954. He hails from Santasi in the Ashanti Region. He received his high school education at Asanteman Senior High School. In 1983, Anane received an MB CHB from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi.
Career
Anane was a doctor at Hebron Clinic, Bantama, before he became a Member of Parliament in 1997.
Political career
Anane is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He contested in the 2012 Ghanaian general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party and won. He obtained 36,067 votes out of the 47, 535 valid votes cast, representing 75.9% of the total votes cast in the 2012 election, exemplifying his popularity in his constituency.{{Cite web |title=Man For The Ages – Ghana's, Richard Anane Who Has Been An MP For 17 Years - OnoBello.com |url=http://onobello.com/man-for-the-ages/ |access-date=2016-02-15 |website=onobello.}} Anane served in multiple cabinet-level positions under John Agyekum Kufuor, being Minister for Health and Minister for Roads and Highways{{Cite web |title=Anane, Edumadze, Churcher and Quaye sworn into office |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=75596 |access-date=2018-03-13 |website=ghanaweb |language=en}} respectively from 2001 to 2006.{{Cite web |title=President accepts Anane's resignation |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=111575 |access-date=2018-03-13 |website=ghanaweb |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Richard Anane Advocates One School, One Clinic|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/821749/richard-anane-advocates-one-school-one-clinic.html|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Modern Ghana|language=en}}
Elections
Anane was elected as the member of parliament for the Nhyiaeso constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 2004 Results - Nhyiaeso Constituency|url=https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2004/ashanti/30/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}}{{Cite book|title=Ghana Elections 2008|publisher=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung|year=2010|location=Ghana|pages=126}} He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. His 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.{{Cite web|date=2016-08-10|title=Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results|url=https://www.fact-checkghana.com/statistics-presidential-parliamentary-election-results/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Fact Check Ghana|language=en-US}} The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 2008|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2008/index.php|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}} He was elected with 36,307 votes out of 46,626 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 77.9% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Eric Baah-Nuako of the National Democratic Congress and Kwame Appiah Boateng of the Convention People's Party. These candidates obtained 8,908 and 1,411 votes respectively of total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 19.1% and 3% respectively of total valid votes cast.
In 2008, he won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 2008 Results - Nhyiaeso Constituency|url=https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2008/ashanti/30/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}}{{Cite book|title=Ghana Elections 2008|publisher=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung|year=2010|location=Ghana|pages=69}} His 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.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 2008 Results - Ashanti Region|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2008/ashanti/index.php|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}} The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 2008|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2008/index.php|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}} He was elected with 36,067 votes out of 47,535 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 75.87% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Joseph Bernard Boadu of the National Democratic Congress, Kwame Appiah Boateng of the Convention People's Party, Kwaku Bonsu of the Reformed Patriotic Democrats and Kwame Owusu an independent candidate. These candidates obtained 9,426, 1,055, 197 and 790 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 2008 Results - Suame Constituency|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2008/ashanti/38/index.php|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}} These were equivalent to 19.83%, 2.22%, 0.41% and 1.66% respectively of the total votes cast.
In 2012, he won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 2012 Results - Nhyiaeso Constituency|url=https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2012/ashanti/30/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}}{{Cite book|title=Elections 2012|publisher=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung|year=2012|location=Ghana|pages=132}} He was elected with 45,389 votes out of 56,558 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 76.21% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Nana Afua Anima of the National Democratic Congress, Yaw Sekyere of the Progressive People's Party, Emmanuel Dapaah of the Convention People's Party and Peter Boakye-Yiadom of the National Democratic Party. These candidates obtained 12,304, 666, 807 and 392 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 20.66%, 1.12%, 1.35% and 0.66% respectively of the total votes cast.
Personal life
Anane is a Roman Catholic. He is married with four children.
References
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Category:Ghanaian Roman Catholics
Category:New Patriotic Party politicians
Category:Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni
Category:Ghanaian MPs 1997–2001
Category:Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005
Category:Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009
Category:Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013
Category:Ghanaian MPs 2013–2017