Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor was the Ghanaian Minister for Defence of the Ghanaian Ministry of Defence and a

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. He was the Member of Parliament for the Nandom constituency.

Education

Kunbour had his secondary education at Nandom Secondary School, acquired his

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from the

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, and qualified as a lawyer after completing the

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. He thereafter proceeded to the

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in the

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and obtained his

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with distinction. He was subsequently awarded the British

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to complete his

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in Law in Development (1997-2000). He also obtained the Overseas Students Award (OSSA) Doctoral Award at the

Career

Kunbour once worked as a graduate teaching assistant at the

in the

. He has since also lectured at the

. He has also been a director at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice in Ghana.

Politics

Kunbour is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He first stood for election in the 2000 parliamentary election and won with a majority of 62.5%. He retained his seat in the following election four years later, but lost it after the 2008 election when his party came back to power. In 2009, George Yankey resigned from the NDC government following a corruption scandal.

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appointed Kunbuor as his Minister for Health. Following a cabinet reshuffle in January 2011, Kunbour was appointed Minister for Interior by President Mills. Following the resignation of

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, Attorney General in January 2012, Mr.Kunbuor was appointed Attorney General by President Mills.

2000 Elections

Kunbour was elected as the member of parliament for the Lawra-Nandom constituency in the

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in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. He therefore represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 22,347 out of the total votes cast. This is equivalent to 74.40% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Tenku Charles of the Peoples National Convention, Stephen Yir-Eru Engmen of the

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and David Nandoh of the National Reform Party. These obtained 2,2347 votes, 3,570 votes, 3,487 votes and 641 votes. These were equivalent to 74.40%, 11.90%, 11.60%, 2.10% respectively of the total valid votes cast. Kunbour was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. The National Democratic Congress won a total of 7 parliamentary seats in the

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in that elections. In all, the party won a minority total of 89 parliamentary representation out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

2004 Elections

Kunbuor was elected as the member of parliament for the Lawra-Nandom constituency in the Upper West region of Ghana in the

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s. He thus represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 19,306 votes out of 31,138 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 62.0% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Bapullu Debis Dery of the People's National Convention, Dery Ambrose P of the

and Seidu Adama Billah of the

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. These obtained 912 votes, 10,549 votes and 371 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 2.9%, 33.9% and 1.2% of the total valid votes cast. Kunbuor was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. His constituency was a part of the 7 constituencies won by the National Democratic Congress in the Upper West region in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary representation out of a total 230 seats in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Personal life

Kunbuor is married with three children.

References

External links

Benjamin Kunbuor on Ghana Government website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kunbuor, Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Living people Ghanaian Roman Catholics Ministers for health of Ghana Ministers for the interior of Ghana Ministers for defence of Ghana Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005 Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians Attorneys general of Ghana Ghana School of Law alumni University of Ghana alumni Cabinet ministers of Ghana 1957 births Alumni of the University of Warwick