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Samuel Adjei Asirifi

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Samuel Adjei Asirifi
Member of Parliament
for Effiduasi-Asokore
In office
7 January 1993 – 6 January 1997
PresidentJerry John Rawlings
Preceded byNew
Succeeded byGrace Coleman
Personal details
Born (1948-05-22) 22 May 1948 (age 76)
Ashanti Region, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSelf-employed

Samuel Adjei Asirifi (born 22 May 1948) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the first Parliament of the fourth Republic representing the Effiduasi-Asokore Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1]

Early life and education

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Asirifi was born on 22 May 1948 in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended the S.D.A. Secondary School and obtained his GCE Ordinary Level certificate.[1]

Politics

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Asirifi was elected into parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress to represent the Effiduase-Asokore Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana during the December 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary Election.[1] He was succeeded by Grace Coleman of the New Patriotic Party who polled 13,154 votes out of the total valid votes cast representing 54.90% over her opponents Opoku-Mensah Kofi of the National Democratic Congress who polled 5,923 votes representing 24.70% and Bashiru M. Abdallah of the People's National Congress who also polled 0 vote representing 0%.[2][3]

Career

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Asirifi is poultry farmers and a former member of Parliament for the Effiduase-Asokore Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1]

Personal life

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Samuel is a Christian.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e : Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992–1996
  2. ^ "GHANA: parliamentary elections Parliament, 1996". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1996 Results – Effiduase / Asokore Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 4 February 2021.