Ohene Buabeng is a

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politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana representing Amansie-West constituency under the membership of the Progress Party.

Early life and education

Ohene was born on 24 August 1932 at Manso Mem, a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended Presbyterian Training College (now Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong) where he obtained his Teachers' Training Certificate. He later proceeded to

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

, Legon, Accra where he obtained his Diploma in Public Administration.

Politics

Buabeng entered parliament in 1969, after winning the Amansie West parliamentary seat during the 1969 parliamentary election on the ticket of the Progress Party (PP). During the election, he polled 10,573 votes against Opoku Agyeman of the

National Alliance of Liberals The National Alliance of Liberals (NAL) was a political party in Ghana during the Second Republic (1969–1972). The party was formed after the ban on party politics was lifted in May 1969 and was dissolved along with all other political part ...

(NAL) who polled 718 votes. He assumed office as a member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana on 1 October 1969 after being pronounced winner in the

1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 August 1969, the first since the 1966 coup by the National Liberation Council which toppled the Nkrumah government. Voters elected the new 140-seat Parliament. Kofi Abrefa Busia, the leader of the ...

. His tenure of office in parliament ended on 13 January 1972.

Career

Prior to entering parliament, Buabeng was a businessman.

Personal life

Buabeng is a Christian. His hobbies are farming, refereeing, athletics, and weaving. He is married with eleven children, one deceased. Nana is also the traditional ruler of the Wirempe traditional area in the Ashanti Region. The region is made up of 22 settlements. Manso-Mem is the capital. Nana holds the title of Otumfuo Wirempehene, overseer of the Wirempe rituals that govern the transition from one Asante monarch to another.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buabeng, Ohene 1934 births People from Ashanti Region Ghanaian MPs 1969–1972 University of Ghana alumni Living people Ghanaian businesspeople Ghanaian Christians Progress Party (Ghana) politicians Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong alumni 20th-century Ghanaian politicians