Term End2: | 1972 |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Birth Place: | Nkoransa, Brong-Ahafo Region, Gold Coast |
Birth Date: | 1923 4, df=y |
President2: | Edward Akufo-Addo |
Term Start2: | 1969 |
Ofresu Kwabena Poku | |
Parliament: | Ghana |
Constituency Mp: | Nkoransa |
Alma Mater: | University of Ghana |
Primeminister: | Kofi Abrefa Busia |
Ofresu Kwabena Poku (born 17 April 1923) is a Ghanaian politician who was a member of the first parliament of the second Republic of Ghana. He represented the Nkoransa constituency under the membership of the Progress Party.[1]
Poku was born on 17 April 1923 in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana. He attended Wesley College in Kumasi now known as Wesley College of Education where he obtained his Teachers' Training Certificate and Associateship Certificate of Education. He then moved to Accra to advance his education at the University of Ghana, Legon where he obtained his Inter Bachelor of Laws in Law. He worked as a teacher before going to serve at the parliament of Ghana. He was also a businessman.[2]
Poku began his political career in 1969 when he became the parliamentary candidate for the Progress Party (PP) to represent Nkoransa 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 pronounced winner at the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election.[3] [4] [5] His tenure ended on 13 January 1972.
Poku was a Christian.