Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, MP Akatsi North

Peter Kwasi Nortsu-Kotoe is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Akatsi North Constituency in the Volta Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.

Early life

Nortsu-Kotoe was born on 6 May 1956. He hails from Kpeduhoe in Volta Region of Ghana. Nortsu-Kotoe is a graduate of the University of Ghana with a bachelor of degree in English. He holds a master of development management from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

Peter Nortsu-Kotoe was the Assistant Director at the Ghana Education Service from 1978 to 2009, a District Chief Executive from 2009 to 2013, and a Member of Parliament from 2013 to 2016.

Career

Nortsu-Kotoe is an educationist by profession. He was a tutor at Accra Academy and an assistant director of the Ghana Education Service by rank.

Politics

Nortsu-Kotoe was the District Chief Executive of the Akatsi District and the Akatsi South District from April 2009 until entering parliament on 7 January 2013. He was elected to represent the Akatsi North Constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 2012 Ghanaian general election. In 2016, he was elected again to represent the constituency for the next four years in parliament.

Nortsu-Kotoe is married with three children. He identifies as a Christian and a member of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana.