Dan Kwasi Abodakpi

Dan Kwasi Abodakpi (born 27 February 1950) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Keta constituency in the Volta Region.

He served as the former Minister of Trade and Industry.

Early life and education Abodakpi was born in Keta in the Volta Region of Ghana on 27 February 1950. He was elected into the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana on 7 January 1993 after he was pronounced winner at the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election held on 29 December 1992.

He was thereafter re-elected into the second parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana after the December 1996 Ghanaian General elections on the Ticket of the National Democratic Congress for the Keta Constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana.

He was elected with 25,090 votes out of 27,853 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 90.9% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Chris Archmann-Ackummey of the National Reformed Party, Emmanuel K. Vorkeh of the New Patriotic Party, Gladys Adzo Tsikpo of the Convention People's Party and Ferdinanad Fiawoo-Piccolo of the People's National Convention. They obtained 898, 847, 519 and 244 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 3.3%, 3.1%, 1.9% and 0.9% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Personal life Abodakpi is a Christian. He has seven (7) children, five (5) girls and two (2) boys.