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Hennric Yeboah

Hennric David Yeboah (11 March 1957 – 1 March 2019)[1][2][3] was a businessman [4][5] and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana.[4][5] He was the Member of Parliament representing Afigya Sekyere East constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th, 5th, and 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[6][7] He was a member of the New Patriotic Party.[4][5]

Hon.
Hennric Yeboah
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Afigya Sekyere East Constituency
In office
7 January 2013 – 6 January 2017
PresidentJohn Mahama
Succeeded byMavis Nkansah Boadu
Member of Parliament for Afigya Sekyere East Constituency
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
John Mahama
Member of Parliament for Afigya Sekyere East Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byKwesi Akomia Kyeremateng
Personal details
Born
Hennric David Yeboah

11 March 1957
Agona, Ghana
Died1 March 2019(2019-03-01) (aged 62)
Kumasi, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian Ghana
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
ChildrenFive
Alma materMalcolm X College, Chicago, USA
ProfessionBusinessman

Early life and education

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Yeboah was born on 11 March 1957. He hailed from Agona, Ashanti Region of Ghana. He studied at Malcolm X College in Chicago, Illinois. He received a diploma in 1986 from the said college.[4][5][8]

Career

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Yeboah was a businessman and was the CEO of Daphelia Enterprise Limited at Spintex Road, Accra, Ghana.[5][4][9]

Political career

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Yeboah was a member of the New Patriotic Party.[4][5] He first entered into parliament in 2004 and was the member of parliament for Afigya Sekyere East Constituency in Ashanti region of Ghana.[4] He run for two more terms in the 5th and 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic.[6][10][7] In 2015, he lost the New Patriotic Party primaries to Mavis Nkansah Boadu.[11]

Elections

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Yeboah was elected as the member of parliament for the Afigya Sekyere East constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[6][10] His constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[12] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[13] He was elected with 32,143 votes out of 41,220 total valid votes cast equivalent to 78% of total valid votes cast.[10][6] He was elected over Edward Kusi Ayarkwah of the National Democratic Congress, Adamu Alhassan of the Convention People's Party and Alhaji Amidu Adam of the Democratic People's Party. These obtained 20.5%, 1% and 0.60% respectively of total valid votes cast.[6][10]

In 2008, he won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.[14][7] His constituency was part of the 34 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[15] The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[16] He was elected with 33,080 votes out of 43,505 total valid votes cast equivalent to 76.04% of total valid votes cast.[14][7] He was elected over Edward Ayarkwah of the National Democratic Congress, Osman Isshak of the People's National Convention, Amidu Alhaji Adam of the Democratic People's Party and Obeng Nyantakyi Clement of the Convention People's Party. These obtained 21.61%, 0.59%, 0.29% and 1.47% respectively of the total votes cast.[14][7]

Personal life

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Yeboah was a Christian.[4][5] He was a member of a Charismatic Christian Church. He was married with five children.[5][17]

Death

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Yeboah died on 1 March 2019, at the age of 62, while receiving medical treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi.[18][1][8][19][20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Former NPP MP Hennric David Yeboah dead Archived 6 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, yen.com.gh. Accessed 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Former Afigya Sekyere East MP, David Hennric Yeboah is dead". Prime News Ghana. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Afigya Sekyere East MP dies". The Ghana Report. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Yeboah, David Hennric". 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Yeboah, David Hennric". 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 117.
  7. ^ a b c d e Ghana Elections 2008. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2010. p. 57.
  8. ^ a b "Former NPP MP for Afigya Sekyere East Constituency dead". ghanaweb.com. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Rising Africa article on the election". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Afigya Sekyere East Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  11. ^ "26-year-old MP aspirant calls on Nana Addo". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  13. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - President". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  14. ^ a b c FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Afigya Sekyere East Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  15. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008 Results - Ashanti Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  16. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Yeboah, David Hennric". ghanamps.com. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Former Afigya Sekyere East MP dies". The Ghana Report. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  19. ^ Anim, Kwadwo (4 March 2019). "Family of fmr. MP questions circumstance surrounding his death". Kasapa102.5FM. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  20. ^ "Former Afigya Sekyere East MP, David Hennric Yeboah is dead". Prime News Ghana. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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