Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | National Democratic Congress |
Alma Mater: | University of Cape Coast |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Teacher |
John Kwaku Danso | |
Birth Place: | Sefwi-Wiawso, Western Region Gold Coast (now Ghana) |
Office1: | MP for Sefwi-Wiawso |
Term Start1: | 7 January 1993 |
Term End1: | 6 January 1997 |
President1: | Jerry John Rawlings |
Birth Date: | 27 September 1944 |
John Kweku Danso (born 27 September 1944) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the first Parliament of the fourth Republic representing the Sefwi-Wiawso constituency in the Western Region of Ghana. He represented the National Democratic Congress.
John Kweku Danso was born on 27 September 1957 at Sefwi-Wiawso in the Western Region of Ghana. He attended the University of Cape Coast and obtained his Bachelor of Art.[1]
John Kweku Danso was first elected into Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress for the Sefwi-Wiawso constituency in the Western Region of Ghana during the 1992 Ghanaian General Elections.[2] He was defeated by Isaac Kobina Nyame-Ofori in the 1996 Parliamentary primaries. He won in the general elections with 43,738 votes out of the 100% valid votes cast representing 61.90% over Kwasi Blay of the New Patriotic Party who polled 12,625 votes representing 17.90%.[3] [4]
Prior to being a former member of parliament for the Sefwi-Wiawso constituency in the Western Region of Ghana, he also is a teacher by profession.
Kweku is a Christian by faith.