Kenneth Dzirasah

Kenneth Dzirasah is a Ghanaian politician and also a lawyer. He served as a member of parliament for the South Tongu Constituency in the Volta Region. He is a Former First Deputy Speaker of Parliament.[2]

Hon.

Kenneth Dzirasah
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for South Tongu
In office
7 January 1993 – 6 January 2009
Succeeded byKobla Mensah Woyome
Majority23,730 (Dec 2004)[1]
Chairman of Ghana Refugee Board
Assumed office
January 2011
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byEmmanuel Owusu Bentil
Personal details
Born (1954-01-13) 13 January 1954
Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Alma materUniversity of Ghana
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Early life and education

Dzirasah was born on 13 January 1954. He attended the Ghana school of Law where he obtained his law degree [3] prior to that he attended the University of Ghana, Legon.[4]

Career

He was a member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana in 2004 Ghanaian general election.[5][6][7][8] He was the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament in 2000 and the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament in 2004 all of which was under former President John Agyekum Kuffour administration. In January 2011, he was sworn in as the Chairman of the Ghana Refugee Board in 2011.[9]

Politics

Dzirasah was elected into the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana on 7 January 1993 after he was pronounced winner at the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election held on 29 December 1992.[10]

She was re-elected as member of the second parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana for South Tongu in 1996, 2000, 2004, all on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. In 1996, he won the South Tongu seat with 22,254 votes out of the 26,942 valid votes cast, gaining 72.10% out of 100% over his opponents Kuma Abenyega who polled 4,235 votes, Francis Seko Ahoegba who polled 258 votes, Paul Kofi Hormeku who polled 195 votes.[6] He again won the South Tongu seat in 2000 with 21,428 votes out of the 24,235 valid votes cast, gaining 88.40% out of 100% over his opponents Kuma Agbenyega who polled 1,514 votes, Daniel Kwaku Eworyi who polled 546 votes, Jacob A. A. Gharbin who polled 472 votes and Victor Best Gavi who polled 129 votes.[7] He retained the seat again in 2004 with 27,140 out of the 31,046 valid votes cast, gaining 87.40% out of 100% over his opponents Micheal Zewu Glover who polled 3,410 votes, Apedo Samuel Kofi who polled 290 votes and Adjin Lewis Stephen who polled 206 votes.[8] In the 2008 elections, Woyome Kobla Mensah instead of Dzirasah represented the National Democratic Congress and he won the South Tongu seat.[11]

Personal life

He is a Christian.

See also

References
  1. Dublin, David. "Election Passport - Ghana". electionpassport.com. American University. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. "Odekro | What has your MP done for you?". staging.odekro.org. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. "Ghana MPs - List of 2013 - 2017 (6th Parliament) MPs". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. Ghana Parliamentary Register 2004-2008. Accra: The office of Parliament. 2004. p. 275.
  5. "Kenneth Dzirasah". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  6. Peace FM. "Parliament - Volta Region Election 1996 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  7. Peace FM. "Parliament - Volta Region Election 2000 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  8. Peace FM. "Parliament - Volta Region Election 2004 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  9. "Dzirasah appointed Chairman of Ghana Refugee Board". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  10. Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992-1996. Ghana Publishing Corporation. 1993. p. 365.
  11. Peace FM. "Parliament - Volta Region Election 2008 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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