Alice Teni Boon
Ghanaian politician
Alice Teni Boon is a Ghanaian politician who served as the member of parliament for the Lambussie constituency from 1999 to 2009.
Early life and education
Boon was born on 12 January 1962 and hails from Lambussie in the Upper West Region of Ghana. She attended the University of Ghana and the University of Westminster. She also attended the Ghana Institute of Journalism and Pitman Central College in London.
From these she obtained a Master's in Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Public Communication. Her academic major was in Communication.
Career
Boon is an expert in communication as well as a consultant by profession. She is also a politician with the National Democratic Congress, a Ghanaian political party.
Politics
Alice entered parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday 8 June 1999 when she won the by-election on 26 May 1999 following the death of Luke Koo, the then member of parliament for the constituency.
She subsequently won the seat during the December 2000 general election and the December 2004 general election.
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