cast, which represented 53.80% more than his opponents Albert Bosomtwi-Sam, an NDC member who polled 14,990 votes, and Anthony Ackah, a PNC member who polled 715 votes during the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections. In the 2000 Elections, he polled 28,434, representing 67.60% more than his opponents Anthony Richard Cudjoe, an NDC member who polled 11,661 votes representing 27.70%, Charles Van Dyck, a CPP member who polled 1,223 votes representing 2.90%, and Abu Seidu, a PNC member who polled 759 votes representing 1.80%. He won the 2004 General election with 17,433 votes out of the 26,307 valid votes cast, representing 66.30% over his opponents Betty Busumtwi-Dam, an NDC member who polled 8,086 votes, Omar Ahmed Bekure a PNC member who polled 444 votes, and Joe Victor Eghan a CPP member who polled 344 votes. He won again in 2008 with 13,005 votes out of the valid votes cast representing 55.41% over his opponents Betty Busumtwi-Sam who polled 9,578, Mrs Hildergard Krakue who polled 727 votes, Frederick Akor Larbi who polled 88 votes, and Oliver Peter Vanderpuye-Orgle who polled 72 votes. Owusu-Ankomah has been a member of the Western Region NPP since its inception; he worked with founding members of the party, including the late Mr. Stephen Krakue, to form a political party to contest the National Democratic Congress. In 1996, Owusu-Ankomah won the Sekondi constituency seat on the ticket of the NPP and while he was in the opposition, he served as the shadow minister for Information. Parliamentary career When the New Patriotic Party won the 2000 Ghanaian General Election, Owusu-Ankomah was appointed Deputy Majority leader and later elected Majority leader in parliament. While in parliament, he served on a number of committees, among them the Standing Committee on Subsidiary Legislation, the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Finance Committee and the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. Government experience Within the executive branch of Government, Owusu-Ankomah has led a combination of staff at the Ministry of Justice, Youth and Sports, Parliamentary Affairs, Interior; Education, Science and Sports, and the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development and Presidential Special Initiatives. During his tenure of office as the Minister of Education, Science and Sports, the Ghana Black Stars made their historic run to the round of sixteen at the World Cup in 2006. He was also responsible for the reformation of basic education in Ghana. He resigned in 2007 to contest