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Patrick Bandanaa, an independent candidate and Dari Daniel Kuusongno of the New Patriotic Party who he had faced in the 2008 had 8,806
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Kuusongno of the New Patriotic Party, Edward B. Yirimanbo, an independent candidate who had 4,455 votes representing 21.3% and 5,541 votes representing 26.5% respectively. In the 5th parliament he served on
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National Democratic Congress. He served as the Chairman of the Procurement Taskforce set up by the PNDC Government in 1991. As chairman he is credited with spearheading the investigations of procurement malpractices in selected Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs)
520:. He represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 13,256 votes out of 19,980 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 66.3% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Vaari Matthew Saa-hi of the
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Patriotic Party's candidate Adams Nuhu Timbile who had 9,918 representing 34.97%
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Pharmacist at the Ghana Pharmacy Council, a fellow of the pharmacy society of Ghana and a fellow of the West Africa post graduate college of pharmacist. He is also a lawyer and member of the Ghana Bar Association.
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who polled 755 votes as against the 317 votes obtained by Chireh.
792:"Elections 2004:Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections"
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He contested the newly created Wa West constituency seat in the
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Appointments Committee(7th Parliament of 4th Republic of Ghana)
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni
710:"Ghana's representatives at the Pan-African Parliament"
1174:"FBNBank Ghana announces retirement of board chairman"
1106:"Cabinet reshuffle: Zita dropped, Betty for education"
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Chireh is a Christian and is married with 4 children.
930:"Hon. Chireh Joseph Yieleh | The Parliament of Ghana"
829:"Ghana Election 2004 Results - Wa West Constituency"
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1128:"Ghana MPs - MP Details - Chireh, Joseph Yieleh"
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1307:Minister for the Upper West Region
628:List of Mills government ministers
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510:Ghanaian parliamentary election
452:Regional Minister - Amabassador
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680:"Hon. Chireh Joseph Yieleh"
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389:. He is the a former
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75:Peter Lanchene Toobu
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28:Joseph Yieleh Chireh
1361:Minister for Health
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907:. Ghana Home Page
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1383:Categories
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1249:Ambassador
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470:government
387:politician
375:pharmacist
350:Committees
342:Profession
320:Alma mater
279:1954-07-08
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