Andrew Asiamah Amoako

Andrew Asiamah Amoako was the only independent candidate to win a seat in Ghana's 2020 election. In a Parliament split 137 to 137 between the two big parties, that made him one of the most important people in the House, and he became Second Deputy Speaker.

Lawyer and surveyor

He was born at Wioso-Adansi in the Ashanti Region on 24 February 1966. He studied at KNUST, earning degrees including an LLB and master's in environmental resources management and conflict resolution, qualified at the Ghana School of Law and holds a surveying diploma. He worked as estates officer and valuer at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and practised law at Minka Premo and Co.

Fomena

He won Fomena for the NPP in 2016 with 72.7 per cent. Before the 2020 election he fell out with the party and stood as an independent; the NPP expelled him and the Speaker declared his seat vacant in October 2020, which he challenged. He won anyway, by 12,805 votes to 10,798 for the NPP's Philip Ofori-Asante.