Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | National Democratic Congress |
Alma Mater: | Osei Kyeretwie Secondary School |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Businessman |
Samuel Kwadwo Yamoah | |
Birth Place: | Tepa, Ashanti Region, Gold Coast (now Ghana) |
Office1: | MP for Ahafo Ano North |
Term Start1: | 7 January 1993 |
Term End1: | 6 January 1997 |
President1: | Jerry John Rawlings |
Predecessor1: | Constituency merged |
Successor1: | Baffour Annor |
Birth Date: | 16 May 1956 |
Samuel Kwadwo Yamoah (born 16 May 1956) is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of the first parliament of the fourth Republic representing the Ahafo Ano North constituency in the Ashanti Region. He represented the National Democratic Congress.[1]
Yamoah was born on 16 May 1956 at Tepa in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended the Osei Kyeretwie Secondary School where he obtained his GCE Ordinary Level.[2]
Yamoah was elected into parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress for the Ahafo Ano North Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana during the December 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election.[3] He was succeeded by Baffour Annor after serving for one term. During the 1996 Ghanaian general election, Baffour Annor polled 12,536 votes out of the total valid votes cast representing 45.70% over James Brownford Donkor of the New Patriotic Party who polled 9,628 votes representing 35.10% and Kwabena Nketia of the People's National Congress who polled 355 votes representing 1.30% of the total valid votes cast.[4] [5]
Aside politics, Yamoah is a businessman. He has had working experiences in banking, and building construction. He has also worked in the transportation industry, and served as a football coach.
Yamoah is a Christian and married.