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Esther Obeng Dapaah

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Preceded byMuhammad Mumuni
Preceded byDominic Fobih
Hon.
Esther Obeng Dapaah
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Abirem
In office
7 January 2008 – 6 January 2013
MP for Abirem
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
Preceded byMuhammad Mumuni
Minister for Lands Forestry and Mines
In office
January 2004 – January 2008
PresidentJohn Kufour
John Agyekum Kufour
Preceded byDominic Fobih
Personal details
Born (1945-01-18) 18 January 1945 (age 81)
PartyNew Patriotic Party
Children3
Alma materGhana School of Law
ProfessionLawyer[1]

Esther Obeng Dapaah (born 9 May 1945) is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. She was the member of parliament for Abirem constituency in the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[2]

Dapaah comes from Nkwarteng, in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[3] She was born on 9 May 1945.[4] She received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Chelmer Institute of Education in Essex, England, in 1977.[3] She received another Bachelor of Laws degree from Lincoln's Inn in 1978 and from the Ghana School of Law in 1979.[5][3]

Employment

Obeng Dapaah is a lawyer by profession.[3] She has worked in the London Borough of Newham as a rent enforcement officer.[3]

Political career

She is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[4] She served under John Agyekum Kufuor as a minister of lands, forests and mines.[6][7][8] She has been the member of Parliament for the Abirem constituency in Ghana since 2004. She was once chairman of the Committee for Women and Children and currently a member of the Committee for Constitutional and Legal Affairs.[9][10][11] She was also a member of the Pan-African Parliament.

Elections

Obeng Dapaah was elected as the member of Parliament for the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic for the Abirem constituency in the 2008 Ghanaian general elections.[2] She was elected with 13,319 votes out of the 21,962 valid votes cast, equivalent to 60.6% of the total valid votes.[3][12]

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