Dominic Fobih (born 16 July 1942) is a Ghanaian politician, professor and an

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/Teacher. He was the member of parliament for Assin South in the Central region of

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from January 2001 to January 2017 on the ticket of the

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. He was also a cabinet Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines during Ex-President John Agyekum Kufour regime.

Early life and education

Dominic was born on 16 July 1942. He comes from a town called Assin Jakai in the Central region of

. He obtained his PhD in

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at the

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in Canada in the year 1979.

Career

Fobih is a member of the

. He served as a member of Parliament for the two terms during the regime of the Ex-President John Agyekum Kuffour from January 2001 to January 2009. During the

2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 December. He was also the Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines from 2003 to 2007, under John Agyekum Kuffour's regime. He retained his seat as the member of parliament for the Assin South Constituency when

John Atta Mills John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing party ...

won the 2008 Ghanaian general elections from January 2009 to January 2012. He again retained his seats as a member of parliament for the Assin South during the

2012 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on Friday 7 December 2012 to elect a president and members of Parliament in 275 electoral constituencies. Owing to the breakdown of some biometric verification machines, some voters could not vote, and voting ...

under the ticket of the

in the regime of John Dramini Mahama. He served as a member of the Education and House committees when his party NPP came to opposition in 2012 and was the minority spokesperson on education. Dominic was also a lecturer at the

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in the

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. He is the current board chairman of Ghana Education Trust fund (GETFUND).

Politics

Fobih was elected as a member of parliament during the

2004 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2004. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for incumbent John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who defeated John Atta-Mills of the National Democratic Congress with 52 perce ...

s of the fourth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana in the Assin South Constituency. He retained his seats as a member of parliament for the fifth and sixth parliament of the fourth republic of

in the 2008 and

s respectively.

Personal life

Dominic is married with nine children. He is a

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by religion and he is a member of the

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church of

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fobih, Dominic Government ministers of Ghana New Patriotic Party politicians 1942 births University of Alberta alumni Politicians from Central Region (Ghana) Living people Ghanaian Roman Catholics Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005 Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013 Ghanaian MPs 2013–2017