Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Term Start:2009
Term End:2013
Successor:Mavis Ama Frimpong
President2:John Dramani Mahama
Birth Date:1963 9, df=y
Birth Place:Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:NDC
Alma Mater:Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Occupation:Lecturer
Profession:Biochemist
Cabinet:Deputy Minister for Defense

Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi (born 3 September 1963) is a Ghanaian politician and a former deputy Eastern Regional Minister of Ghana.[1] He was appointed by President John Atta Mills and served till January 2013. He is currently the deputy Minister of Defence of Ghana.

Personal

Terlabi is a Christian (Church of Pentecost). He is married with three children.[2]

Early life and education

Terlabi was born on 3 September 1963. He hails from Odumase-Krobo, a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[2] He studied at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, where he obtained his Master of Philosophy degree in biochemistry in 2000.[2]

Politics

Terlabi is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In 2012, he contested for the Lower Manya Krobo seat on the ticket of the NDC sixth parliament of the fourth republic and won.[2] He won against the then incumbent Hon. Michael Teye Nyaunu.

2016 election

Terlabi contested the Lower Manya Krobo constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won the election with 19,710 votes, representing 49.74% of the total votes. He won the election over Samuel Nuertey Ayertey of the New Patriotic Party had 19, 383 which is equivalent to 48.91% and the parliamentary candidate for the Convention People's Party Foster Emmanuel Okley had 536 votes representing 1.35% of the total votes.[3]

2020 election

During the 2020 Ghanaian general election, Terlabi again contested the Lower Manya Krobo constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress and won the election with 26,991 votes representing 54.27% of the total votes. He won the election over Samuel Nuertey Ayertey of the New Patriotic Party who polled 22,029 votes which is equivalent to 44.29% and the parliamentary candidate for the GUM Daniel Ofoe Kudonu had 714 votes representing 1.44% of the total votes.[4] [5]

Committees

Terlabi is a member of Environment, Science and Technology committee, Gender and Children committee and selection committee.[6]

Employment

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regional Ministers . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014214651/http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/2012-02-08-08-18-09/regional-ministers . 14 October 2013 . 23 November 2013 . Government of Ghana.
  2. Web site: Ghana MPs - MP Details - Terlabi, Okletey Ebenezer . 2020-02-09 . Ghana MP's.
  3. Web site: FM . Peace . Lower Manya Krobo Constituency Results - Election 2016 . 2023-10-17 . Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  4. Web site: Lower Manya Krobo – Election Data Center – The Ghana Report . 2023-10-17 . en-US.
  5. Web site: FM . Peace . Lower Manya Krobo Constituency Results - Election 2020 . 2023-10-17 . Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  6. Web site: Parliament of Ghana . 2023-10-17 . Parliament of Ghana.