Hon. Yaw Oppong Kyekyeku | |
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Member of parliament for Dormaa East constituency | |
In office 7 January 1993 –7 January 1997 | |
President | Jerry John Rawlings |
Succeeded by | Nicholas K. Adjei- Kyeremeh |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 September 1947 |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | National Democratic Congress |
Alma mater | Wesley College,Kumasi |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Educationist |
Yaw Oppong Kyekyeku (born 1 September 1947) is a Ghanaian politician and educationist. He was a member of the first parliament of the Fourth Republic,and a member of parliament for Dormaa East in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana. [1]
Kyekyeku was born in 1947. He attended Wesley College,Kumasi,where he received a teacher training certificate in mathematics. [1]
He was a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). [2] In April 1991 he was dismissed from the Provisional National Defense Council on the grounds of "mental exhaustion",but then returned in July,allowing him to contest the parliamentary primaries. [3] He won these and contested the Dormaa East seat as an NDC candidate. [4] [5] Prior to winning the seat,he was a former district secretary in Afiagya Sekyere in the Ashanti region from 1986 to 1993. [6] [7] He served for one term in parliament,and was replaced by Nicholas K. Adjei-Kyeremeh of the National Democratic Congress who polled 9,103 votes representing 36.10% of the total votes cast. Adjei-Kyeremeh won the seat against Stephen Adoma-Yeboah of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Gyabaah Samuel of the People's National Convention whose votes represent 29.60% and 1.40% of the total votes respectively. [8] In 2002 Kyekyeku resigned from the NDC to join the NPP claiming his decision is to make sure:"survival of the new political dispensation by carrying out my capacity building exercise for metropolitan,municipal and district assemblies." [9]