Charles Bintim

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Charles Bintim (born August 22, 1964 , Saboba, Northern Region , Ghana) is a politician in Ghana . In the government of John Agyekum Kufuor , he was Minister for Local Administration, Rural Development and the Environment from 2005 to July 2007. On August 1, 2007, he became Minister of State in the President's Office along with his counterpart Yaw Barimah .

Bintim attended Bimbilla and Dambai College for teacher training between October 1985 and 1987. In December 1994, Bintim made its GCE -O certificate. He enrolled at the University of Ghana in September 1997 and graduated in Adult Education in June 1999.

Bintim first worked as a teacher at the Kuntuli Roman Catholic Primary School and later, between 1988 and December 1991, at the Wapuli Local Council Primary School. Between 1990 and 1993 he was secretary of the national association of teachers in Ghana. Between 1992 and 1996 he was the district coordinator of the GNAT study circle in the Saboba-Chereponi district in the Northern Region . In the same district, he was appointed District Chief Executive in 2001.

In May 2003, Bintim became Deputy Regional Minister for the Northern Region . In the parliamentary elections in 2004 he won the constituency of Saboba and entered the Ghanaian parliament as a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Bintim is married and has three children.

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