Agyare Koi Larbi
Agyare Koi Larbi | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Akropong | |
| In office January 1997 – January 2005 | |
| Succeeded by | William Ofori Boafo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 December 1949 |
| Died | 10 November 2008 (aged 58) Korle Bu Hospital. Accra, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Profession | Politician |
Agyare Koi Larbi (born 26 December 1949) was a
Political career
Larbi was one of the founders of the New Patriotic Party. He served two terms in Parliament as a representative of the then-Akropong Constituency which is now the Akuapem North constituency on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party from 1997 to 2004.[6][5] His term in Parliament began when he contested in the 1996 general elections and won with a total of 14,590 of the total votes cast that year.
He contested again in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections and maintained his seat as a member of parliament for Akropong constituency of the third parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana with a total number of 8,659 votes representing 31.1% of the total votes cast over his opponents Anthony Gyampo of the National Democratic Congress who also polled 8,625 votes representing 31.0%, Albert Gyang Boohene who polled 5,113 votes representing 18.4% of the total votes cast, Nana Esi Howe Botsio polling 4,394 total votes cast which represent 15.8%, Sakyi Boafo Akuffo Convention People's Party who polled 914 votes representing 03.3% of the total votes cast and Kofi Koranteng People's National Convention also polling 136 votes representing 00.5% of the total votes cast.[7][8] He did not contest in other elections after his term in office ended.
Personal life
Larbi was a Christian and was married with three children.[1]
Death
He died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in 2008 after a sudden illness.[5]
References
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- ^ "Casualties of Primaries: They will no longer be MPs". GhanaWeb. 6 September 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Koi Larbi is dead". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Newspaper, The Al-Hajj (7 April 2015). "Ethno-Political Bigotry, Hon. Agyare Koi Larbi Remembered". News Ghana. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "REPUBLIC OF GHANA : LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 7 DECEMBER 2000". psephos adam-carr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament – Eastern Region Election 2000 Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 1 September 2020.