| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| Birthname: | John Abdulai Jinapor |
| Nationality: | Ghanaian |
| Party: | National Democratic Congress |
| Spouse: | Josephine Jinapor |
| Relations: | Samuel Abu Jinapor (brother) |
| Alma Mater: | University for Development Studies University of London |
| Birth Date: | 8 June 1979 |
| John Abdulai Jinapor | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Yapei-Kusawgu Constituency |
| Term Start: | 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Amadu Seidu |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister of Energy |
| Term Start2: | 2013 |
| Term End2: | 2017 |
| President2: | John Dramani Mahama |
| Predecessor2: | Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah |
| Successor2: | William Owuraku Aidoo |
John Abdulai Jinapor (born 8 June 1979) is a Ghanaian politician and a former Minister of State of Ghana. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress of Ghana and a Member of Parliament representing the Yapei-Kusawgu constituency.
Jinapor attended Ghana Senior High School in Tamale.[1] He had his master's degree in Development Finance from the University of Ghana in 2019. Post Graduate Diploma in Finance and Financial Law from the University of London in 2015. Masters of Science in Energy Economics from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in 2021. Bachelor's degree from the University for Development Studies, Master's degree in marketing at the University of Ghana, 2008.[2]
He was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy under the John Mahama administration.[3] He is member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Yapei Kusawgu Constituency in the Northern Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[4]
Jinapor contested the 2016 Ghanaian general election on the ticket of National Democratic Congress and won the Yapei Kusawgu parliamentary seat with 23, 364 votes of the total votes which is equivalent to 62.13% over the parliamentary candidate of New Patriotic Party Zakaria Yakubu who polled 14, 242 votes representing 37.87% of the total votes.[5]
Jinapor was born to Abudulai Jinapor, a former police officer and Chief of Buipe in the Savanna Region of Ghana. He is the brother of Samuel Abu Jinapor, former deputy Chief of Staff of Ghana and the current minister of Land and Natural Resources.[6] [7] and Dr. Ahmed Jinapor, a lecturer.[8] He is married to Mrs. Josephine Jinapor.[9]
The Ranking Member of the Energy Committee of Parliament, John Jinapor, has accused the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) of disseminating misinformation regarding the recent surge in intermittent power outages popularly known as dumsor. While the ECG attributes these outages to overloaded and faulty transformers, Mr Jinapor contends that the widespread load shedding is a result of financial issues, not technical glitches as claimed by the ECG.[10]