Hon. John-Peter Amewu | |
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| Member of theGhana Parliament forHohoe | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Bernice Adiku Heloo |
| Majority | 5,131 |
| Minister for Energy | |
| In office August 2018 – 6 January 2021 | |
| President | Nana Akufo-Addo |
| Vice President | Mahamudu Bawumia |
| Preceded by | Boakye Agyarko |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Residence | Hohoe |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | amewu |
John-Peter Amewu (born 16 March 1968)[1] is aGhanaian politician and current Minister for Railways Development and Member of Parliament (MP) forHohoe Constituency in the Volta Region .[2][3][4] He wasMinister of Energy[5] and Minister for Lands and Natural Resources.[6][7][8]
John-Peter Amewu was born in 1968 in Wli-Todzi in theHohoe Municipality of theVolta Region. He attended Hohoe E. P. Senior High School,St. Mary's Seminary/Senior High School, Lolobi andAdisadel College,Cape Coast for his high school education. John-Peter Amewu obtained his bachelor's degree in Construction Technology fromKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He furthered his education and obtained anMBA in finance fromUniversity of Ghana, Legon, and proceeded to obtain apostgraduate degree in international energy industry management and amaster's degree in petroleum law and policy fromUniversity of Dundee (UK).[9][10][11]
He is a co-founder of Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), where he worked as the director of policy and research, and provided policy advice to support a variety of government and private sector projects.[12]
Amewu is a member of theNew Patriotic Party (NPP). He was appointed by His ExcellencyJohn Agyekum Kufour as the municipal chief executive for Hohoe Municipal Assembly. He served as municipal chief executive for Hohoe from 2005 to 2009.[13][14] He was the New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for the2004,general elections and2008 general elections to contest the thenHohoe North Constituency seat but lost to both to theNational Democratic Congress parliamentary candidatePrince Jacob Hayibor.[15]
In May 2017, Amewu was appointed to serve in the 19-MemberCabinet of Nana Akufo-Addo as the Minister forLands and Natural Resources (Ghana).
In August 2018, following the sacking of Boakye Agyarko as Energy Minister, PresidentNana Addo-Danquah Akufo-Addo moved Amewu's to the Energy Ministry. He served as head of the Ministry until 2021 when he was reassigned to the Ministry of Railways Development.[16]
After his victory in the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, Amewu became the first New Patriotic Party's candidate since 1992 to win a parliamentary election in the Hohoe Constituency.[17][18][3] Amewu's victory was challenged in a petition laid before the High Court in Ho which claimed that some 17,000 voters in Santrofi, Akpofi, Likpe and Lolobi who should have voted in the Hohoe Constituency did not vote in the election and were thus left without representation. The Petitioners asked the court to nullify the results, but in a July 2024 ruling, the Ho High Court ruled that the case brought by the petitioners effectively questioned Constitutional Instrument 128, the legislation that governed the conduct of the 2020 Elections, a matter that the High Court did not have powers to decide. The Court therefore dismissed the petition and Amewu remained the MP for Hohoe[19]
Amewu identifies as a Christian.[20] He is married with four children.[21]
| Parliament of Ghana | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forHohoe 2021–present | Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Minister for Energy 2018–present | Incumbent |