Agyare Koi Larbi (born 26 December 1949) was a Ghanaian politician and a member of the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[1][2] He was a former member of Parliament for the then-Akropongconstituency now known as the Akuapem North Constituency of the eastern region of Ghana.[3] Larbi was also a former member of the parliamentary committee on education.[4] He died in Accra on 10 November 2008.[5]
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]