Hon. Kofi Obiri Yeboah MP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Subin | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Eugene Boakye Antwi |
| President | John Dramani Mahama |
| Vice President | Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1975 Kokofu,Ashanti Region,Ghana |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Ghana KNUST Ghana School of Law Temple University MIT Sloan Yale School of Management University of Law (UK) |
| Occupation | Politician,Lawyer |
| Profession | Legal Practitioner |
Kofi Obiri Yeboah (born June 6,1975) is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician serving as the Member of Parliament for the Subin constituency in the Ashanti Region. He represents the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and is a member of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. [1] [2] [3]
Kofi Obiri was born on 6 June 1975. He hails from Kokofu in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. [4] [5] He went to the University of Ghana for BA Hons Political Science in 1999. He again moved to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and technology to pursue an LLB in 2007. [6] [7] He moved to the Ghana School of Law for a BL in 2011. He moved to Temple University for Certificate in Development in Finance in 2018. Kofi Obiri continued to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a Certificate in Management in 2018. [8] He moved on to the University of Ghana for Maters in Finance in 2018. He then moved to the University of Law for his LLM in 2021. [9]
Before politics,Kofi Obiri Yeboah was the founder and managing partner of Obiri Yeboah &Co.,a legal firm specializing in litigation,real estate,oil and gas,corporate,and administrative law. [10] In addition to his legal practice,he has served as a senior military officer in the Ghana Armed Forces for 18 years,including both local and international assignments. [11]
Yeboah contested and won the NPP parliamentary primaries for Subin in January 2024,securing over 85% of the valid vote [12] [13] In the December 2024 general elections,Yeboah was elected MP with over 85% of the votes. [14] [15]
In Parliament,Yeboah serves on the Lands and Natural Resources Committee,the Chieftaincy,Culture and Religious Affairs Committee,and is Vice-Chair of the Petitions Committee. [16]
Obiri is a Christian.