Joseph Boahen Aidoo is a politician in Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

. He is a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 with the National Patriotic Party

National Patriotic Party

The National Patriotic Party is a political party in Liberia. It was formed in 1997 by members of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia following the end of the First Liberian Civil War....

 (NPP) for the Amenfi East parliamentary constituency in the Western Region

Western Region (Ghana)

The Western Region of Ghana, reaching from the Côte d'Ivoire border in the west to the Central Region in the east, includes the large twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi on the coast, coastal Axim, and a hilly inland area including Elubo. It includes Ghana's southernmost location, Cape Three Points,...

. He was Regional Minister for the Western Region until his replacement in a March 2006 reshuffle.

Joseph Aidoo was elected MP for Amenfi East with a majority of 3,776 votes in 2000, and successfully defended his seat in 2004. In the 2008 parliamentary elections, Aidoo kept his seat with 18,576 votes (51.8%); his NDC

National Democratic Congress (Ghana)

The National Democratic Congress is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by Jerry John Rawlings, who was Head of State of Ghana from 1981 to 1993 and the President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001. The NDC was formed ahead of elections in 1992 and 1996 returned Jerry John Rawlings to...

opponent managed 16,243 votes (45.3%).