Ofosu Asamoah

Ofosu Asamoah (born 25 November 1969) is a lawyer and the member of parliament representing Kade constituency in the Eastern region of Ghana.[1][2][3]

Hon.

Ofosu Asamoah
Member of Parliament for Kade Constituency (3rd Parliament)
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Agyekum Kufuor
Preceded byFrancis Kwame Nyarko
Succeeded byOfosu Asamoah
Member of Parliament for Kade Constituency (4th Parliament)
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Agyekum Kufuor
Preceded byOfosu Asamoah
Succeeded byOfosu Asamoah
Member of parliament for Kade Constituency (5th Parliament)
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
Preceded byOfosu Asamoah
Succeeded byOfosu Asamoah
Member of parliament for Kade Constituency (6th Parliament)
Assumed office
7 January 2013
Preceded byOfosu Asamoah
Succeeded byKwabena Ohemeng Tinyase
Personal details
Born (1969-11-25) 25 November 1969
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Childrenthree
Alma materUniversity of Ghana, Accra
ProfessionLawyer

Early life and education

Ofosu was born on 25 November 1969. He hails from Kade, a town in the Eastern region of Ghana.[2][1] He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and Political Science at the University of Ghana in 1994. He went on to obtain his Bachelor of Law at the Ghana School of Law in 1997.[1][2]

Political career

Ofosu is a member of New Patriotic Party.[1][3] He was a committee member for Constitution, Legal and Parliamentary, Subsidiary Legislation.[2]He became a member of the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana representing Kade constituency after he was re-elected into office in the 2008 Ghanaian General Elections. He had a run of 4 terms in office starting in January 2001 and left office in January 2017.[4]

Elections

In the year 2000, Asamoah won the general elections as the member of parliament for the Kade constituency of the Eastern Region of Ghana. He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. His constituency was a part of the 18 parliamentary seats out of 26 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Eastern Region.The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 99 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats. Asamoah was elected with 20,319 votes.[5] This was equivalent to 62.20% of the total valid votes cast.[5] He was elected over Faustina Koranteng Addo of the National Democratic Congress,George Ankomah Yeboah of the Convention People’s PartyAppiah-Twum Barimah of the People’s National Convention and Ohene Antwi Tutu of the National Reformed Party.[5] These won 11,369, 588, 238 and 176 votes out of the total valid votes cast respectively.[5] These were equivalent to 34.80%,1.80%, 0.70% and 0.50% respectively of total valid votes cast.[5]

Career

Ofosu is a lawyer. He was a partner at Kimberly Chambers. He became a member of the parliament of Ghana in January 2001.[1][2][3]

Personal life

Ofosu is married with three children. He is a Christian (Presbyterian).[2][1][3]

References
  1. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Ofosu, Asamoah". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  2. "Ghana Parliament member Asamoah Ofosu". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  3. "Odekro | What has your MP done for you?". staging.odekro.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  4. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Asamoah, Ofosu". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Kade Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
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