John Darko
John Darko is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician, serving as the Member of Parliament for the Suame constituency in the Ashanti Region. He represents the New Patriotic Party in the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana
Early life and education
John Darko hails from Bremang, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He holds BA political science & Theatre Arts in 2003 from the University of Ghana. He also holds a LLB from the University of Ghana in 2007. He further went to the Ghana School of Law and completed in 2009. He also has an LLM from the University of Houston in 2010.Career
Darko began his legal career as an Associate at Gyandoh Asmah & Co., and later became a partner at Darko, Keli‑Delataa & Co. He joined the faculty at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration in 2014, teaching courses such as constitutional, environmental, and natural resource law.Politics
John Darko was appointed Legal Counsel to the NPP Minority Caucus in Parliament in March 2025. He contested and won the New Patriotic Party primaries for the Suame constituency in July 2024, securing 68% of the votes.In the December 2024 general elections, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Suame with approximately 74.6% of the valid votes cast, succeeding the long-serving MP and former Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu. In Parliament, he serves on the Youth, Sports and Culture Committee, and the Judiciary Committee ''''''