Hennric Yeboah Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Hennric Yeboah
Constituency Mp1:Afigya Sekyere East Constituency
Parliament1:Ghana
Term Start1:7 January 2013
Term End1:6 January 2017
President1:John Mahama
Successor1:Mavis Nkansah Boadu
Office2:Member of Parliament for Afigya Sekyere East Constituency
Term Start2:7 January 2009
Term End2:6 January 2013
President2:John Atta Mills
John Mahama
Office3:Member of Parliament for Afigya Sekyere East Constituency
Term Start3:7 January 2005
Term End3:6 January 2009
President3:John Kufuor
Predecessor3:Kwesi Akomia Kyeremateng
Birth Date:11 March 1957
Birth Place:Agona, Ghana
Death Place:Kumasi, Ghana
Birthname:Hennric David Yeboah
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:New Patriotic Party
Children:Five
Alma Mater:Malcolm X College, Chicago, USA
Profession:Businessman

Hennric David Yeboah (11 March 1957 – 1 March 2019)[1] [2] was a businessman [3] [4] and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Member of Parliament representing Afigya Sekyere East constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th, 5th, and 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[5] [6] He was a member of the New Patriotic Party.

Early life and education

Yeboah was born on 11 March 1957. He hailed from Agona, Ashanti Region of Ghana. He studied at Malcolm X College in Chicago, Illinois. He received a diploma in 1986 from the said college.[7]

Career

Yeboah was a businessman and was the CEO of Daphelia Enterprise Limited at Spintex Road, Accra, Ghana.[8]

Political career

Yeboah was a member of the New Patriotic Party. He first entered into parliament in 2004 and was the member of parliament for Afigya Sekyere East Constituency in Ashanti region of Ghana. He run for two more terms in the 5th and 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic.[9] In 2015, he lost the New Patriotic Party primaries to Mavis Nkansah Boadu.[10]

Elections

Yeboah was elected as the member of parliament for the Afigya Sekyere East constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. His constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[11] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[12] He was elected with 32,143 votes out of 41,220 total valid votes cast equivalent to 78% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Edward Kusi Ayarkwah of the National Democratic Congress, Adamu Alhassan of the Convention People's Party and Alhaji Amidu Adam of the Democratic People's Party. These obtained 20.5%, 1% and 0.60% respectively of total valid votes cast.

In 2008, he won the general elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency.[13] His constituency was part of the 34 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[14] The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[15] He was elected with 33,080 votes out of 43,505 total valid votes cast equivalent to 76.04% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Edward Ayarkwah of the National Democratic Congress, Osman Isshak of the People's National Convention, Amidu Alhaji Adam of the Democratic People's Party and Obeng Nyantakyi Clement of the Convention People's Party. These obtained 21.61%, 0.59%, 0.29% and 1.47% respectively of the total votes cast.

Personal life

Yeboah was a Christian. He was a member of a Charismatic Christian Church. He was married with five children.[16]

Death

Yeboah died on 1 March 2019, at the age of 62, while receiving medical treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi.[17] [18] [19] [20]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-03-02. Former Afigya Sekyere East MP, David Hennric Yeboah is dead. 2020-07-08. Prime News Ghana. en-us.
  2. Web site: 2019-03-02. Former Afigya Sekyere East MP dies. 2020-07-08. The Ghana Report. en.
  3. Web site: 2016-04-25. Ghana MPs - MP Details - Yeboah, David Hennric. 2020-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20160425025230/http://ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=2664. 25 April 2016.
  4. Web site: 2016-05-06. Ghana MPs - MP Details - Yeboah, David Hennric. 2020-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506162726/http://ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=241. 6 May 2016.
  5. Book: Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. Accra. 117.
  6. Book: Ghana Elections 2008. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2010. Ghana. 57.
  7. Web site: 2019-03-02. Former NPP MP for Afigya Sekyere East Constituency dead. 2020-07-08. ghanaweb.com. en.
  8. Web site: Rising Africa article on the election . 25 November 2017 . 17 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190417064459/http://www.risingafrica.org/success-stories/politics/another-young-woman-wins-npp-primary-26-year-old-mavis-nkansah-boadu-beats-incumbent-mp-hennric-david-yeboah-to-win-afigya-sekyere-east-constituency/ . dead .
  9. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2004 Results - Afigya Sekyere East Constituency. 2020-08-02. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  10. Web site: 2015-06-18. 26-year-old MP aspirant calls on Nana Addo. 2020-12-30. Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. en-US.
  11. Web site: 2016-08-10. Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results. 2020-08-02. Fact Check Ghana. en-US.
  12. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2004 Results - President. 2020-08-02. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  13. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2008 Results - Afigya Sekyere East Constituency. 2020-08-02. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  14. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2008 Results - Ashanti Region. 2020-08-02. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  15. Web site: FM. Peace. Ghana Election 2008. 2020-08-02. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  16. Web site: Ghana MPs - MP Details - Yeboah, David Hennric. ghanamps.com. 2020-01-25.
  17. Web site: 2019-03-02. Former Afigya Sekyere East MP dies. 2020-08-02. The Ghana Report. en.
  18. https://yen.com.gh/123684-former-npp-mp-hennric-david-yeboah-dead.html Former NPP MP Hennric David Yeboah dead
  19. Web site: Anim. Kwadwo. 2019-03-04. Family of fmr. MP questions circumstance surrounding his death. 2020-07-08. Kasapa102.5FM. en-US. 8 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200708045340/https://kasapafmonline.com/2019/03/family-of-fmr-mp-questions-circumstance-surrounding-his-death/. dead.
  20. Web site: 2019-03-02. Former Afigya Sekyere East MP, David Hennric Yeboah is dead. 2020-08-02. Prime News Ghana. en-us.