Английская Википедия:Bernard Okoe-Boye

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Bernard Okoe-Boye is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[1] He was once the board chairman of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, the nation's largest medical facility.[2] He is currently serving as the boss of the National Health Insurance Agency (NHIA) mandated to run the affairs of Ghana’s premium health insurance scheme, the National Health Insurance Scheme (Ghana).[3]

Early life and education

He comes from Teshie which falls under the Ledzokuku Constituency where he serves as member of Parliament.[4] He attended the Field Engineers Junior High School for his Basic Education Certificate.[5] Okoe-Boye is an old student of the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School ( Presec-Legon) where he completed his secondary school education in the year 2000. Bernard Okoe Boye is a licensed medical practitioner by profession, who holds BSC in Human Biology, Medicine and Surgery from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.[4][2] He also holds a master's degree in Public Health (MPH) from Hamburg School of Applied Science and an A1 certificate in German from the Geothe Institute, Accra.[4] Medical licence (MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL)

Career

Health sector

Okoe-Boye had his house job at the Ghana Health Service from 2009 to 2012[2] at the Central Regional Hospital, Department of Surgery, Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cape Coast from 2009 to 2011 and then at the Department of Internal Medicine, Tema General Hospital.[5] He then continued as a medical officer in the same institution for four years[4] where he worked at Kibi Government Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the La General Hospital. Prior to his entry into parliament, Oko-Boye was a medical officer at the LekMA Hospital in Accra.[2]

Politics

Okoe-Boye was elected MP for Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region on 7 December 2016 was sworn in on 7 January 2017. He is a member of the Health and Government Assurances Committees of Parliament.[4]

On 4 April 2020, Okoe-Boye was nominated by President Akufo-Addo to serve as a deputy health minister and was subsequently sworn in on 21 April 2020.[6][7][8] He however lost the Ledzokuku parliamentary seat in the 2020 Ghanaian general election to Benjamin Narteh Ayiku of the NDC.[9] On April 21 of 2022, he was appointed the CEO of the National Health Insurance Agency overseeing the National Health Insurance Scheme[10]

Committees

1.Government Assurance Committee

2.Health Committee

References

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