Succeeded by - Role Ghanaian Politician Name Edwin Lante | Religion Christianity Nationality Ghanaian | |
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Preceded by Jonathan Nii Tackie Kommey Political party National Democratic Congress (Ghana) Party National Democratic Congress | ||
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Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye is a Ghanaian politician and the current Member of Parliament of the Odododiodoo constituency. He was elected as MP during the 2012 elections, where he faced off against Victor Okaikoi of the New Patriotic Party. Vanderpuye was quite confident about his chances of winning, famously stating in November 2012 that if he got less than 65% of the vote, he would concede the seat to Okaikoi. In the end, Vanderpuye won by a smaller landslide than expected, with 45,967 votes (63%) against 26,269 (36%) for Okaikoi and 745 (1%) for Emmanuel Odoi of the Convention People's Party.He was a special aide to former President of Ghana President Mills.He is also the current Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry.
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Education
He holds a Masters in (Governance & Leadership) from GIMPA and B.A. in (English, Philosophy, Classics.) from the University of Ghana. He is also a past student of Presec Boys, Bechem and Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast.
