| Hon. Enoch Teye Mensah | |
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| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Ningo-Prampram |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office Jan 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Stanley Basil Bade Carboo |
| Majority | 12,143 |
| Minister for Employment and Social Welfare | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office Jan 2010 |
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| President | John Atta Mills |
| Preceded by | Stephen Amoanor Kwao |
| Minister for Youth and Sports | |
| In office Jan 1993 – Jan 2001 |
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| President | Jerry Rawlings |
| Preceded by | Arnold Quainoo |
| Succeeded by | Mallam Issah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 17, 1956 Koforidua, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Children | 7 |
| Committees | Public Accounts Committee House Committee Finance Committee Mines and Energy Trade, Industry and Tourism |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Volta |
Enoch Teye Mensah is a politician and the Ghanaian Minister for Employment and Social Welfare. He is also a Member of Parliament in Ghana.
He studied accounting at the SNAPS College of Accountancy which he completed in 1968.[1] He joined the National Democratic Congress when it was formed in 1992. At the beginning of the Fourth Republic, he was appointed Minister for Youth and Sports by President Jerry Rawlings. He held that position through both terms of the Rawlings government. He also stood for the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 1996 and was elected MP for the Ningo-Prampram constituency, a seat he has held since then. After the NDC lost the 2000 elections, he continued as a member of parliament. He was the Minority Chief Whip in parliament prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2008.[2] In January 2009, he became the Majority Chief Whip in parliament. In January 2010, after a cabinet reshuffle, President John Atta Mills appointed him Minister for Employment and Social Welfare. He was a member of the Pan-African Parliament until January 2009 when he resigned after being appointed a member of state.[3]
E. T. Mensah was awarded the Companion of the Order of the Volta by President Kufuor's government.[2]
Mensah is married with seven children. One of them, Jerry Teye Mensah achieved notoriety when he claimed to have been kidnapped in an attempt to cover his absence from Mfantsipim School. He later had to leave the school for Mawuli Secondary School at Ho, Ghana due to disciplinary problems.[4]
| Parliament of Ghana | ||
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| Preceded by |
Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram 1997 – present |
Incumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Arnold Quainoo |
Minister for Youth and Sports 1993 – 2001 |
Succeeded by Mallam Issah |
| Preceded by Stephen Amoanor Kwao |
Minister Employment and Social Welfare 2010 – present |
Incumbent |