Dominic Fobih

Dominic was born on 16 July 1942.[6] He comes from a town called Assin Jakai in the Central region of Ghana.[1][3] He obtained his PhD in Educational psychology at the University of Alberta in Canada in the year 1979.[1][3]

Dominic is a member of the New Patriotic Party.[1] He served as a member of Parliament for the two terms during the regime of the Ex-President John Agyekum Kuffour from January 2001 to January 2009. During the 2000 Ghanaian parliamentary elections he polled 16,963 votes out of the 31,843 making a total valid votes cast of 53.3%.[7] He was also the Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines from 2003 to 2007,[8] under His Excellency the Ex-President John Agyekum Kuffour's regime. He retained his seat as the member of parliament for the Assin South Constituency when His Excellence the Ex- President John Atta Mills won the 2008 Ghanaian general elections from January 2009 to January 2012.[3][1][9] He again retained his seats as a member of parliament for the Assin South during the 2012 Ghanaian general election under the ticket of the New Patriotic Party in the regime of His Excellency John Dramini Mahama,[1][10] the Ex-President of the fourth Republic of Ghana. He served as a member of the Education and House committees when his party NPP came to opposition in 2012[3] and was the minority spoke person on education.[11]

Dominic was also a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana.[1][3]

He is the current board chairman of Ghana Education Trust fund (GETFUND).[12][13]

Dominic Fobih was elected as a member of parliament during the 2004 Ghanaian general elections of the fourth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana in the Assin South Constituency.[14] He retained his seats as a member of parliament for the fifth and sixth parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana in the 2008 and 2012 Ghanaian general elections respectively.[1]

Dominic is married with nine children. He is a Christian by religion and he is a member of the Catholic church of Ghana.[1]