Yaw Afful

Early life and education Afful was born on 10 June 1959. He hails from Mpuasu, a town in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

Politics Afful is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). In 2008, he was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party as the Member of Parliament for the Jaman South Constituency. He thus represented the constituency in the 5th, 6th, and 7th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

2008 election Afful contested the Jaman South constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of New Patriotic Party during the 2008 Ghanaian general election and won with 16,878 votes out of the 30,266 valid votes cast equivalent to 55.77% of total valid votes cast.

2016 election Afful was again elected as a member of parliament for Jaman South (Ghana parliament constituency) during the 2016 Ghanaian general election with 24,616 votes representing 64.86% of the total votes. He won the election over Kojo Boakye Djan of National Democratic Congress, Joyce Asare Bediako of NDP, David Awupori Vugushe of PPP, Osei Kyereme Emmanuel of Convention People's Party and Addai Daniel of PNC. They obtained 12, 777 votes, 197 votes, 189 votes, 95 votes and 72 votes respectively. These is equivalent to 33.67%, 0.52%, 0.50%, 0.25% and 0.19% of the total votes respectively.

2020 election Afful lost the Jaman South constituency parliamentary seat to Williams Okofo- Dateh of National Democratic Congress during the 2020 Ghanaian general election.

Personal life Afful is a Christian (Presbyterian). He is married (with three children).