{{Short description|Ghanaian politician}} {{Use Ghanaian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Hon. Dr. | name = Emmanuel Marfo | honorific_suffix = MP | image = EMMANUEL MARFO.jpg | alt = | caption = | order = | office1 = MP for Oforikrom Constituency | term_start1 = 2013 | president1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = ''Incumbent'' | office2 = | term_start2 = April 2017 | term_end2 = 6 January 2025 | president2 = Nana Akuffo-Addo | predecessor2 = | successor2 = Michael Kwasi Aidoo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|7|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Bonwire, Ghana | death_date = | death_place = | birth_name = Emmanuel Kwabena Marfo | party = New Patriotic Party | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | relations = | children = | alma_mater = KNUST, Wageningen University, Netherlands | occupation = Politician | profession = Principal Scientist | cabinet = | committees = Environment, Science and Technology Committee (Chairperson); Gender and Children Committee; Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee and Roads and Transport Committee | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = }} '''Emmanuel Kwabena Marfo'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Emmanuel Kwabena Marfo, Oforikrom MP |url=https://www.thepublisheronline.com/mp-in-gun-pulling-saga/dr-emmanuel-kwabena-marfo-oforikrom-mp/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=The Publisher Online |language=en-GB}}</ref> (born 27 July 1973) is a Ghanaian politician who was a member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and currently a member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Oforikrom Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Emmanuel Marfo, Biography |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/person/Emmanuel-Marfo-2761 |access-date=3 September 2022 |website=GhanaWeb.}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Parliament of Ghana |url=https://www.parliament.gh/mps?mp=200 |website=parliament of ghana |access-date=17 February 2019 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328052405/https://parliament.gh/mps?mp=200 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Marfo, Emmanuel |url=https://ghanamps.com/mp/marfo-emmanuel-2/ |access-date=3 September 2022 |website=Ghana MPS |language=en-US}}</ref> He is a member of the Forest Plantation Development Fund Management Board.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forest Plantation Development Fund Management Board {{!}} Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources {{!}} Ghana {{!}} Management |url=http://fpdf.gov.gh/management.html |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources Ghana Management}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Marfo was born and hails from Bonwire in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He obtained his Bachelor of Sciences (BSc) in natural resource management (forestry) and Masters of Sciences (MSc) in forest policy from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in the year 1997 and 2001 respectively. He again had his Doctor of Philosophy (PHD) in environmental policy from the Wageningen University, Netherlands, in the year 2006.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
== Career == Marfo was the principal scientist for The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research(CSIR) - (Forestry Research Institute) at Fumesua, Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Marfo is now working as the member of parliament (MP) for Oforikrom Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OFMA will relate with its people in decision making to facilitate a sustainable development agenda-MCE {{!}} Oforikrom Municipal Assembly |url=http://ofkma.gov.gh/news/ofma-will-relate-its-people-decision-making-facilitate-sustainable-development-agenda-mce |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Oforikrom Municipal Assembly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-21 |title=Dr.-Emmanuel-Marfo-MP-Oforikrom-Constituency |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2022/01/set-up-bi-partisan-committee-to-probe-bogoso-explosion-oforikrom-mp/dr-emmanuel-marfo-mp-oforikrom-constituency/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Political life == Marfo contested and won the 2016 NPP parliamentary primaries for Oforikrom Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In the 2020 Ghanaian general elections, he retained the Oforikrom Constituency parliamentary seat with 60,156 votes whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Henry Osei Akoto had 24,747 votes and the PNC parliamentary candidate Muniru Seidu had 545 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NPP's Dr Emmanuel Marfo retains Oforikrom seat with mammoth victory |url=https://ghanaguardian.com/npps-dr-emmanuel-marfo-retains-oforikrom-seat-with-mammoth-victory |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=The Ghana Guardian News |language=en}}</ref>
=== Committees === Marfo is the chairperson of the Environment, Science and Technology Committee;<ref>{{Cite news |last=Segbefia |first=Sedem |date=2021-06-15 |title=MPs fact finding mission to new cement factory at Weija |url=https://thebftonline.com/2021/06/15/mps-fact-finding-mission-to-new-cement-factory-at-weija/ |location=Accra, Ghana|access-date=2022-11-13 |newspaper=Business and Financial Times|language=en-GB}}</ref> a member of the Gender and Children Committee; a member of the Members Holding Offices of Profit Committee and a member of the Roads and Transport Committee.<ref name=":0" />
== Personal life == Marfo is a Christian.<ref name=":0" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marfo, Emmanuel}} Category:Ghanaian MPs 2017–2021 Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:New Patriotic Party politicians Category:Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025 Category:Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni Category:Wageningen University & Research alumni