Yaw Bampoh
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Yaw Bampoh | |
|---|---|
| MP for Atwima-Nwabiagya | |
| In office 7 January 1993 – 6 January 1997 | |
| President | Jerry John Rawlings |
| Preceded by | John Agyekum Kufuor |
| Succeeded by | James Edusei Sarkodie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | National Democratic Congress |
| Alma mater | Wiawso College of Education |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Teacher, farmer |
Yaw Bampoh is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the first Parliament of the fourth Republic representing the Atwima Nwabiagya constituency in the Ashanti region of Ghana.[1][2]
Yaw Bampoh was born in 1955 in Abuakwa in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended the Mpasatia L. A. Middle School. He also attended the Sefwi Wiawso Training College where he obtained his Teachers' Training Certificate.[3]
Politics
He was elected into parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress for the Atwima Nwabiagya Constituency during the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election.[4][5] He was defeated by James Edusei Sarkodei of the New Patriotic Party during the 1996 General election. James Edusei Sarkodie polled 31,088 votes out of the total valid votes cast representing 61.90% while Yaw Bampoh polled 10,598 votes representing 21.10%. Alex Addo Kuffour of the People's National Congress also polled 469 votes representing 0.90%.[6]