Francis Yaw Osei Sarfo

Hon.
Francis Yaw Osei Sarfo
Member of Parliament for Krachi West Constituency
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
John Mahama
Member of Parliament for Krachi West Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Preceded byNew Constituency
Personal details
Born (1955-10-01) 1 October 1955 (age 69)
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Alma materUniversity of Ghana
ProfessionAdministrator, Politician

Francis Yaw Osei Sarfo is a Ghanaian politician who served as the member of parliament for the Krachi West Constituency.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

Francis was born on 1 October 1955.[5] He hails from Bejamse, a town in the Volta Region of Ghana. He obtained his BA in Political Science and Geography from the University of Ghana in 1981.[5] He also had his PLC from the Ghana School of Law.[1]

Career

He is an administrator.[5] He was the managing director of Akpabe Impex Limited. He was also the District Chief Executive from September 1996 to January 2001.[1]

Politics

He is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[5] He was the member of parliament for Krachi West Constituency in the Volta region of Ghana.[1][6][7]

2004 Elections

Sarfo was elected as the member of parliament for the Krachi West constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[8] He was thus the member of parliament for the Krachi West constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana.[5]

He was elected with 15,687 votes out of 34,952 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 44.9% of the total valid votes vast.[9] He was elected over Kofi Tarkum of the People's National Convention, Kofi Mensah Demitia of the New Patriotic Party; and Alhaji Abu Safiano Baba, Owusu Michael Kwasi and Apraku Kwadwo Sampson- all independent candidates. These obtained 23%, 25.4%,5.1%, 0.3% and 1.3% respectively of the total valid votes cast.[9]

Sarfo was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. His constituency was a part of the 21 constituencies won by the National Democratic Congress in the Greater Accra region in that elections.[10][11]

In all, the National Democratic Congress won a total 94 parliamentary seats in the fourth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana.[11]

Personal life

He is married with six children. He identifies as a Christian.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ghana MPs – MP Details – Osei-Sarfo, Francis Yaw". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ "MP: Survivors blame human error for boat accident". www.ghanaweb.com. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Minister of Foreign Affairs inaugurates Advisory Board". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ Dogbevi, Emmanuel (9 April 2011). "Board for re-activated VR Education Fund Board inaugurated". Ghana Business News. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004. p. 113.
  6. ^ "Government to increase game and wild life revenue". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. ^ "KRASEC marks 40th anniversary in style". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Krachi West Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections (PDF). Ghana: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 200.
  10. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Volta Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2020.