George Takyi

George Kwabena Obeng Takyi (born 29 March 1965) is a chartered accountant and currently a member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana for Manso Nkwanta Constituency in the Ashanti Region.

Early life and education
Takyi was born 29 March 1965 at Mpatuam, in Amansie West District since 1988. He has MBA in Chartered Accountancy, Business Communication. He also have a PhD candidate in the area of Accounting, Finance and Taxation.

Career
Prior to entering politics, Takyi worked as a lecturer at the Kumasi campus of University of Education, Winneba.

Political Life
He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and currently the member of parliament for the Manso Nkwanta Constituency in the Ashanti Region. He won the NPP Parliamentary primaries for the Manso Nkwanta seat against Joseph Albert Quarm. He subsequently contested against Bance Musah Osmane, an NDC candidate in the December 2020 election. Takyi had 34,408 votes making 76.1% of the total votes cast to win the Manso Nkwanta Constituency seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) whilst the NDC parliamentary aspirant had 10,798 votes making 23.9% of the total votes cast.

Committees
He is a member of the Government Assurance Committee and also member of the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee.

Personal life
He is a Christian.

Philanthropy
In February 2021, he presented some school uniforms and PPE to some schools in the Manso Nkwanta Constituency in the Ashanti Region.