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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]
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 ...
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.
This is a listing of the ministers who are currently serving in the New Patriotic Party government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Ghana originally formed on 7 January 2017 following the winning of the December 2016 general election when Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party became president.
He was born on 27 May 1978 and hails from Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. [3] He studied law at the University of Buckingham, (LLB/MGT, 2003–2006), Ghana School of Law where he received a Barrister at Law certification (2007–2009) and received an M.A in international politics and security studies at the University of Bradford (2009–2010).
He is the current Minister of Food and Agriculture in Ghana. [20] [21] On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin announce to the floor of parliament. [22] He takes over the job from Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, who was Minister from 2017 to 2023.
Joe Ghartey (born 15 June 1961, in Accra) is a Ghanaian lawyer, politician and member of the New Patriotic Party. He is a former Attorney-General of Ghana (2006–2009), Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament (2013–2017) and Railways Development Minister (2017–2021).