Francisca Oteng Mensah

Francisca Oteng-Mensah became Ghana's youngest MP of the Fourth Republic when she won Kwabre East for the NPP in 2016, aged 23. She later chaired the National Youth Authority and was a Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection.

Background

She was born at Aboaso Hospital, Mamponteng, on 14 February 1993 to Joyce Oteng and Dr Kwaku Oteng, founder of the Angel Group. She attended Mamponteng R/C, Revival Preparatory, Supreme Saviour International and Angel Educational Complex, then St. Rose's Senior High School. She was a second-year law student at KNUST when she was elected.

Career

Before Parliament she worked as a secretary at the Angel Group. She was named chair of the National Youth Authority in December 2017, and sworn in as deputy gender minister on 28 December 2022. She served two terms as MP; Akwasi Gyamfi Onyina-Acheampong succeeded her in January 2025. She worships with the Assemblies of God.