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David Oppong Kusi

politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ84589645 ↗
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David Oppong Kusi is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ofoase/Ayirebi Constituency in the Eastern Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.

Personal life

Kusi is a Christian (Methodist). He is married (with seven children).

Early life and education

Kusi was born on 9 August 1958. He hails from Akyem Ofoase, a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He entered Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in architectural technology in 1987. He also attended University of Ghana and obtained his Master of Business Administration degree in project management in 2006.

Politics

Kusi was first elected into parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the December 2008 general elections as a member of parliament for Ofoase/Ayirebi constituency. He obtained 14,938 votes out of the 27,614 valid votes cast representing 54.10%. He again contested in 2012 elections of which he won with 19,025 votes out of the 35,262 valid votes cast representing 53.95%.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “David Oppong Kusi” as politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1958, 1987, 2006, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1958-08-09. The account is most persuasive where David, Oppong and Kusi can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q84589645. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1958, 1987, 2006 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from “David Oppong Kusi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.