Joseph Trumah Bayel
Hon. Joseph Trumah Bayel | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Sawla/Kalba Constituency | |
| In office 7 January 1993 – 6 January 1997 | |
| President | Jerry John Rawlings[1] |
| In office 7 January 1997 – 6 January 2000 | |
| President | Jerry John Rawlings |
| Member of Parliament for Sawla/Kalba Constituency | |
| In office 7 January 2000 – 6 January 2004 | |
| President | John Agyekum Kufuor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1954 |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Profession | Politician |
Joseph Trumah Bayel (born 20 June 1954) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana and a former member of parliament for Sawla/Kalba district of the Northern Region of Ghana.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Bayel was born on 20 June 1954. He attended St John Bosco's Training College.[4]
Career
[edit]Bayel is a teacher by profession. He is also a Ghanaian politician.[4]
Politics
[edit]He is a member of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. His first appearance in parliament was in 1992 when he contested as a parliamentary candidate for the Sawla/Kalba constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[5][6][7][8] Even though, information about his 1992 victory is not scarce to get, he was again reelected into parliament in the 1996 election which he won with a total of 17,876 valid vote cast making 59.40%.[9][10] He contested again in the 2000 Ghanaian general election[11] and maintained the seat for the National Democratic Congress for the third term. He won with 10,286 votes making 57.50% of the total valid vote cast. His political with the National Democratic Congress ended but he resurfaced in 2012 on the ticket.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Bayel is a Christian. He is a teacher by profession. He graduated from St. John Bosco's College of Education.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jerry J. Rawlings | Biography & Facts".
- ^ "Halt activities of Fulani herdsmen - MPs appeal". GhanaWeb. 7 July 1999. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ Bolaji, M. H. A.; Gariba, Mohammed Adam (2020). "The Scramble for the Partition of the Northern Region of Ghana: Conflict and the Quest for the Coterminality of Cultural and Political Boundaries". African Sociological Review. 24 (1): 75–104. ISSN 1027-4332. JSTOR 26918066.
- ^ a b c Ghana Parliamentary Register 1993-1996. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. p. 131.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Northern Region". Ghana review. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "MPs: Northern Region". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ Peace FM. "Election 2016 - Sawla / Kalba Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Ghana Election 1996".
- ^ Peace FM. "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Sawla / Kalba Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Ghana Election 2000".
- ^ Peace FM. "Parliament - Sawla / Kalba Constituency Election 2000 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.