Hon. MP Korkor Laurette Asante | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Atiwa West | |
Assumed office January 7, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Kwasi Amoako Atta |
Personal details | |
Born | Kwabeng Ghana | November 12,1962
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Residence | Ghana |
Alma mater | Barnard College Rutgers Law School |
Occupation | Politician,Lawyer |
Laurette Korkor Asante (born November 12,1962) is a Ghanaian politician,lawyer and member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). She is the member of Parliament for the Atiwa West constituency in the Eastern Region (Ghana). [1] [2] She represents the constituency in the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana as a member of the New Patriotic Party. [3]
Laurette hails from Kwabeng in the Eastern Region (Ghana)of Ghana. She obtained her Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics from the Barnard College,Columbia University 1986. She later earned a Juris Doctor from the Rutgers Law School in 1994. [4]
Laurette before her parliamentary victory served as the deputy-director in charge of operations and benefits at Social Security and National Insurance Trust. She also worked as a non-executive director at Societe Generale Ghana. [5] [6] [7]
In January 2024,she contested and won the NPP parliamentary primaries for Atiwa West (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Eastern Region of Ghana. [8] [9] [10] She subsequently won the parliamentary seat during the 2024 Ghanaian general election with 16,395 representing 67.04% of total votes to become part of the ninth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana. [11] [12] [13] [14]