Joseph Mensah (politician)

Joseph Mensah (born 22 August 1957) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Kwesimintsim Constituency in the Western Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.

Education
He got a diploma in education and a B.A in Social Sciences from the University of Cape Coast, his Masters degree from the University of Antwerp, Belgium,and a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics Transport.

Career
Joseph Mensah held the following positions at the Ghana Ports and Harbours; operations manager from 2013 to 2016, human resource manager from 2005 to 2016, training manager from 1998 to 2013, and accounts supervisor from 2013 to 2016.

Politics
Joseph Mensah is a member of New Patriotic Party and was the member of parliament for Kwesimintsim (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Western Region in Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

2016 election
Joseph Mensah contested for the Kwesimintsim constituency in the Western Region on the ticket of New Patriotic Party during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won the election with 20,382 votes representing 64.50% of the total votes. He won the election over Augustine Arthur of National Democratic Congress, Nana Abakah of Convention People's Party, Samuel Kwabena Antwi of PPP and Richard Kwame Amissah of IND. They obtained 8,260 votes, 1,637 votes, 987 votes and 332 votes respectively. These is equivalent to 26.14%, 5.18%, 3.12% and 1.05% of the total votes respectively.

New Patriotic Party 2020 Primaries
Joseph Mensah contested the New Patriotic Party 2020 primaries to be elected as the parliamentary candidate for Kwesimintsim constituency but lost the election to Prince Hamidu Armah.