Kobina Okyere is a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana representing Assin South constituency under the membership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).[1]
He began his political career in 1992 when he became the parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to represent his constituency in the Central Region of Ghana prior to the commencement of the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election.He was sworn into the First Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana on 7 January 1993 after being pronounced winner at the 1992 Ghanaian election held on 29 December 1992.
After serving his four years tenure in office, Kobina lost his candidacy to his fellow party comrade Kwaku Al-Hassan Dadzie. He defeated New Patriotic Party member who polled 12,488 votes representing 36.00% of the total votes cast, Emmanuel Koomson of the Convention People's Party who polled 629 votes representing 1.80% of the total votes cast and Michael Damtse who polled 230 votes representing 0.70% of the total votes cast at the 1996 Ghanaian general elections. Kwaku polled 14,945 votes which was equivalent to 43.10% of the total valid votes cast. He was thereafter elected on 7 January 1997.[2]
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^Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992-1996. Ghana Publishing Corporation. 1993. p. 301.
kobina, okyere, ghanaian, politician, member, first, parliament, fourth, republic, ghana, representing, assin, south, constituency, under, membership, national, democratic, congress, member, parliament, assin, southin, office, january, 1993, january, 1997presi. Kobina Okyere is a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana representing Assin South constituency under the membership of the National Democratic Congress NDC 1 Kobina OkyereMember of Parliament for Assin SouthIn office 7 January 1993 6 January 1997PresidentJerry John RawlingsParliamentary groupNational Democratic CongressPersonal detailsBorn28 December 1948Alma materUniversity of Cape Coast and University of IfeOccupationTeacherEarly life and education editKobina was born on 28 December 1948 He attended the University of Cape Coast and the University of Ife where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Education and Education Administration respectively He worked as a teacher before going into parliament Politics editHe began his political career in 1992 when he became the parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress NDC to represent his constituency in the Central Region of Ghana prior to the commencement of the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election He was sworn into the First Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana on 7 January 1993 after being pronounced winner at the 1992 Ghanaian election held on 29 December 1992 After serving his four years tenure in office Kobina lost his candidacy to his fellow party comrade Kwaku Al Hassan Dadzie He defeated New Patriotic Party member who polled 12 488 votes representing 36 00 of the total votes cast Emmanuel Koomson of the Convention People s Party who polled 629 votes representing 1 80 of the total votes cast and Michael Damtse who polled 230 votes representing 0 70 of the total votes cast at the 1996 Ghanaian general elections Kwaku polled 14 945 votes which was equivalent to 43 10 of the total valid votes cast He was thereafter elected on 7 January 1997 2 References edit Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992 1996 Ghana Publishing Corporation 1993 p 301 FM Peace Ghana Election 1996 Results Assin South Constituency Ghana Elections Peace FM Retrieved 2021 02 21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kobina Okyere amp oldid 1136805950, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
