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Kwaku Adu Yeboah

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Kwaku Adu Yeboah
MP for Agona East Constituency
In office
January 2001 – 2005
PresidentJohn Agyekum Kuffuor
Preceded byKojo Yankah
Succeeded byJohn Agyabeng
Parliamentary groupNational Democratic Congress
ConstituencyAgona East
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Alma materUniversity of Cape Coast
OccupationPolitician

Kwaku Adu Yeboah is a Ghanaian Politician and a member of the Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic representing the Agona East constituency in the Central Region of Ghana.[1]

Early life and education

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Yeboah was born in Agona East, a town in the Central Region of Ghana. He studied at the University of Cape Coast.[2]

Politics

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Kwaku Yeboah was first elected into Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 2000 Ghanaian general election. He polled 10,989 votes out of the 23,936 votes valid votes cast, representing 45.9%.[3] His opponents were John Agyabeng of the National Patriotic Party (NPP), Kofi Anane Adjei of the National Reform Party (NRP), Joseph Kodjo Duodu of the Convention People's Party (CPP) and Isaiah Kwame Asante of the People's National Convention (PNC). They had 44.60%, 7.60%, 1.10% and 0.80% of the total votes cast respectively. Kwaku took over from Kojo Yankah in 2000. [citation needed][4] He was defeated by John Agyabeng in the 2004 Ghanaian Parliamentary election.[5]

Career

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Adu is a former member of Parliament for the Agona East Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Parliamentary Candidates for Central Region". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  2. ^ Ghana Parliamentary Register(1993-1996)
  3. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament - Agona East Constituency Election 2000 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  4. ^ "Parliament: Central Region". Peace FM Online. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  5. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament - Agona East Constituency Election 2004 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-04.