Esther Obeng Dapaah

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

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 Lands Foresty 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
Nationality Ghanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Children3
Alma materGhana School of Law
ProfessionLawyer[1]

Early life and education

Esther Obeng Dapaah comes from Nkwarteng, in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[3] She was born on 9 May 1945.[4] She had her Bachelor of Laws from Chelmer Institute of Education in Essex, England, in 1977[3]. She received a Bachelor of Law 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 Oficer.[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 one time 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 cast.[3][12]

Personal life

Esther is a Christian and a member of the Church of Pentecost.[4] She is single with three children.[3]

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gollark: I would mine things, but the fans would be loud and I don't want to contribute to a deranged zero sum (negative sum really) mess.
gollark: If I remember right they now use proof of work based on executing randomly generated programs.
gollark: You can run any quantum computing stuff on a regular computer. It just might be unusably slow.
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References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506151334/http://ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=190
  2. "Results Parliamentary Elections". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Obeng Dappah, Esther (Ms)". 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Obeng Dapaah, Esther". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. "Members of Parliament | Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  6. "Esther Obeng Dapaah, Minister of Lands, Forestry, and Mines of Ghana". ourworldleaders.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  7. "NPP MP Accuses Party Chair Of Sexual Assault". Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  8. Boateng, Michael Ofori Amanfo. "Obeng-Dapaah makes humble demand". Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  9. Baubeng, Albert Benefo (19 June 2015). "NPP primaries: Affirmative action policy caused defeat of female MPs – Esther Obeng-Dapaah - News - Pulse". Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  10. Larbi, Stephen Odoi (19 June 2015). "NPP Affirmative action policy cost defeat of sitting female MPs – Esther Obeng Dapaah". Kasapa102.5FM. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  11. "Abirem MP awards scholarship to students". Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  12. Ghana Elections 2008 (PDF). Ghana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 2010. p. 84.
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