Occupation: | Politician |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | National Democratic Congress |
Alma Mater: | Wiawso College of Education |
Profession: | Teacher, farmer |
Birth Place: | Abuakwa, Ashanti Region, Gold Coast (now Ghana) |
Yaw Bampoh | |
Office1: | MP for Atwima-Nwabiagya |
Term Start1: | 7 January 1993 |
Term End1: | 6 January 1997 |
President1: | Jerry John Rawlings |
Predecessor1: | John Agyekum Kufuor |
Successor1: | James Edusei Sarkodie |
Yaw Bampoh is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the first Parliament of the fourth Republic representing the Atwima Nwabiagya constituency in the Ashanti region of Ghana.[1] [2]
Yaw Bampoh was born in 1955 at Abuakwa in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.He attended the Mpasatia L. A. Middle School. He also attended the Sefwi Wiawso Training College where he obtained his Teachers' Training Certificate.[3]
He was elected into parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress for the Atwima Nwabiagya Constituency during the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election.[4] [5] He was defeated by James Edusei Sarkodei of the New Patriotic Party during the 1996 General election. James Edusei Sarkodie polled 31,088 votes out of the total valid votes cast representing 61.90% while Yaw Bampoh polled 10,598 votes representing 21.10%. Alex Addo Kuffour of the People's National Congress also polled 469 votes representing 0.90%.[6]
He is a teacher, farmer and a former member of parliament for the Atwima Nwabiagya Constituency who served in parliament from 1993 to 1997. He served one term as the member of parliament for the constituency.
He is a Christian.