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The Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana is the presiding officer of the Parliament of Ghana.The current speaker, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, was sworn-in for a second term as Speaker of the Ninth Parliament of Ghana after his reelection on 7 January 2025; having served his first term from 7 January 2021 to January 6, 2025.
Bagbin as Speaker of Parliament in 2021. On 7 January 2021, Bagbin was elected and sworn in as the Speaker of Parliament of Ghana. He was nominated by the Members of Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress and defeated the incumbent, Mike Oquaye, who was nominated by the New Patriotic Party for the position.
The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though must be qualified to stand for election as such. There are a total of 276 constituencies in Ghana. The 9th Parliament first convened on 7 January 2025 to elect a Speaker and Deputy Speakers as well as for the administration of oaths to the Speaker and Members of Parliament.
Ghana's lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law to give more opportunities to women at the national level, the speaker of parliament said, with a target to increase their participation in governance and ...
Ghana's speaker of parliament has said President Nana Akufo-Addo's refusal to act on an anti-LGBTQ bill for the time being was unconstitutional and that parliament would stop approving new ...
ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana's parliament, which had been adjourned since March following a dispute between the speaker and the president over an anti-LGBT bill, reconvened on Friday and approved ...
Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh (born November 6, 1966) is a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament for the Sunyani East constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic. [2] In February 2024, he was nominated as the Presiding Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana. [3]
The current First Deputy Speaker is Hon. Bernard Ahiafor of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Second Deputy Speaker - The Second Deputy Speaker presides over the sittings of Parliament in the absence of the Speaker and the First Deputy Speaker. The current Second Deputy Speaker is Andrew Amoako Asiamah an independent candidate.