Ofosu Asamoah (born 25 November 1969) is a lawyer and was the

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representing

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constituency in the Eastern region of

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Early life and education

Ofosu was born on 25 November 1969. He hails from Kade, a town in the Eastern region of Ghana. He obtained his

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degree in Law and Political Science at the

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in 1994. He went on to obtain his

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at the

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in 1997.

Political career

Ofosu is a member of

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. He was a committee member for Constitution, Legal and Parliamentary, Subsidiary Legislation. 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.

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

. His constituency was a part of the 18 parliamentary seats out of 26 seats won by the

in that election for the Eastern Region.The

won a majority total of 99 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats. Asamoah was elected with 20,319 votes. This was equivalent to 62.20% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Faustina Koranteng Addo of the National Democratic Congress, George Ankomah Yeboah of the

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Appiah-Twum Barimah of the People's National Convention and Ohene Antwi Tutu of the National Reformed Party. These won 11,369, 588, 238 and 176 votes out of the total valid votes cast respectively. These were equivalent to 34.80%, 1.80%, 0.70% and 0.50% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Career

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

Personal life

Ofosu is married with four children. He is a

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(

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References

Living people University of Ghana alumni 1969 births New Patriotic Party politicians Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005 Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013 21st-century Ghanaian politicians Ghanaian Presbyterians 21st-century Ghanaian lawyers Politicians from Eastern Region (Ghana) {{Ghana-politician-stub