Career

Kamel trained as a banker and worked as the Managing Director of the North Volta Rural Bank Limited. In March 2012, President John Atta Mills appointed Henry Kamel as the new Volta Regional Minister, replacing Joseph Amenowode. He stayed in this post until his death on Christmas Day in 2012.

Prior to this appointment, he was the Deputy Minister for Lands and Forestry.

The Paramount chief of the Gbi Traditional Area, Togbega Gabusu VI, paid tribute to those peace efforts. Kamel was reported to have returned to his home town, Guaman in the Jasikan District of the Volta Region on 24 December 2012.

While chatting with some family and friends the next day, he suddenly collapsed. He died before arrival at the Jasikan Hospital.

He was 51.

Achievements

• He won his last election on 7 December 2012 by a majority of 13,627. He first won the seat in the 2004 election replacing Emil Kwadzo Brantuo as the Member of Parliament in the 4th of the 4th Republic with a majority of 10,488. He won 65.8% of the vote. One of his notable achievements was bringing peace to the Gbi Traditional Area between the indigenes of Hohoe and the Zongo Community.

Politics

Kamel was a member of the National Democratic Congress.

Views

He successfully defended his seat in the 2008 Ghanaian general election.

Membership

He was the Member of for the Buem constituency from January 2005 and also the Volta Region Minister from March 2012 until his death on 25 December 2012.