President2: | Kofi Abrefa Busia |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Birth Place: | Navrongo, Upper East Region, Gold Coast |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1916 |
Term End2: | 1972 |
Joseph Evarist Seyire | |
Term Start2: | 1969 |
Parliament: | Ghana |
Constituency Mp: | Navrongo |
Alma Mater: | St. Joseph's College of Education |
Joseph Evarist Seyire was a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana representing Navrongo constituency under the membership of the Progress Party (PP).[1]
Seyire was born on 25 July 1942 in the Upper East region of Ghana. He attended Catholic Teacher Training College, Navrongo now St. Joseph's College of Education where he obtained his Teachers' Training Certificate. He was a businessman before going into parliament.
Seyire began his political career in 1969 when he became the parliamentary candidate for the Progress Party (PP) to represent the Bolgatanga constituency prior to the commencement of the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election. He assumed office as a member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana on 1 October 1969 after being a pronounced winner at the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election. His tenure ended on 13 January 1972.[2]
Seyire is a Christian.