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BY Ben Ebuka, 9:00am February 27, 2023,

Meet the five youngest women to hold parliamentary positions in Africa

by Ben Ebuka, 9:00am February 27, 2023,
Meet the five youngest women to hold parliamentary positions in Africa
Photo: Francisca Oteng-Mensah (Facebook)

Francisca Oteng-Mensah

Francisca was born on February 14, 1993, and became an MP in The Ghana Parliament in 2016 at age 23, making her the youngest Ghanaian MP at that time. Francisca was still a second-year law student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology at the time she ran for the parliamentary seat in 2016. She won the election under the New Patriotic Party to represent the Kwabre East Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and resumed office on January 7, 2017.

Last Edited by:Annie-Flora Mills Updated: February 27, 2023

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