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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.
[10] [11] He hails from Sombo, Upper West Region of Ghana. Alban Bagbin was educated at the Wa Secondary School and Tamale Secondary School. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and English at the University of Ghana in 1980. [12] He proceeded to the Ghana School of Law at Makola in Accra after which he was called to the bar in 1982. [7]
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.
Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin (born 27 May 1978) is the Member of Parliament for the Effutu constituency, Central Region, Ghana.He serves on several committees, including the Committee on Defence and Interior.
Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho, MP (born 3 January 1957) is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer who was Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana from 2013 to 2017. He is the fifth Speaker elected in the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the first Speaker to have been elected from amongst members of Ghana's parliament in the Fourth Republic.
Andrew Asiamah Amoako (24 February 1966) is a Ghanaian lawyer, politician and member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, elected to office in December 2020 as an independent candidate. [1] [2] [3] He currently represents the Fomena Constituency in the Ashanti Region. He is also the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament. [4 ...
Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes was born on 4 September 1939 at Cape Coast, [2] the capital of the Central Region of Ghana.From 1945 to 1953, he had his basic education at Cape Coast Government Boys School (now the Philip Quaque Boys School), founded c. 1766 by Philip Quaque, the first African to be ordained an Anglican vicar. [3]
The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though is qualified to stand for election as such. There are a total of 276 constituencies in Ghana. The 8th Parliament convened on 7 January 2021 to elect a Speaker and Deputy Speakers as well as for the administration of oaths to the Speaker and Members of Parliament.