Takoradi Oct 9, GNA – Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah born on 18 June 1974, hails from Potsin, a town in the Central Region.
He had his secondary school at Mfantsipim School and proceeded to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry in 2000.
He later pursued a postgraduate degree in Democracy, Governance, Law and Development from the University of Cape Coast in 2006.
He also received certificates from Sangonet, South Africa, and Empretec Ghana.
Mr Darko-Mensah is a Biochemist and a Hotelier by profession.
He is also a politician and the current Member of Parliament for the Takoradi constituency in the Western Region of Ghana as well as the Western Regional Minister.
From 1995 to 1998, he was in charge of operations management at the Ahenfie Hotel.
From 2000 to 2008 he worked with e-Bax Africa Limitd as the Managing Director.
He also worked as the Director of Operations at the Guest House Maggi from 2003 to 2008.
Prior to entering politics in 2009, he was the proprietor of Multi-care Preparatory School, Gomoa Potsin.
Mr Darko-Mensah entered parliament on 7 January 2009 as a member of Parliament for the Takoradi constituency on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party and has remained in parliament winning the subsequent elections (2012 and 2016) since 2009.
Mr Darko-Mensah was appointed Deputy Minister for Aviation in 2017 by Nana Akufo-Addo.
He remained in that position until February 2019 when he was appointed Regional Minister for the Western Region.
In Parliament, he has served on various committees, which include; the Subsidiary Legislation Committee, the Education Committee, the Business Committee and the Roads and Transport Committee.
Darko-Mensah is a Methodist and married with three children.
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