Alban Bagbin

Alban Bagbin
Bagbin in 2021
Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
(7thSpeaker of the Fourth Republic)
Assumed office
7 January 2021
PresidentNana Akufo-Addo
Preceded byAaron Mike Oquaye
Member of the Ghanaian Parliament
for Nadowli West Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2021
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded bySumah Anthony Mwinikaara
Member of the Ghanaian Parliament
for Nadowli North Constituency
In office
7 January 1993 – 6 January 2005
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byConstituency changed
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament
In office
7 January 2017 – 6 January 2021
Preceded byJoe Ghartey
Succeeded byAndrew Asiamah Amoako
Majority Leader in Parliament
In office
July 2014 – January 2017
Preceded byBenjamin Kumbuor
Succeeded byOsei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
In office
January 2009 – January 2010
Preceded byAbraham Ossei Aidooh
Succeeded byCletus Avoka
Minister for Health
In office
26 January 2012 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byJoseph Yieleh Chireh
Succeeded byHanny-Sherry Ayitey
Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing
In office
10 January 2010 – 26 January 2012
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byAlbert Abongo
Succeeded byE. T. Mensah
Minority Leader in Parliament
In office
January 2001 – January 2009
Preceded byJ. H. Mensah
Succeeded byOsei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
Personal details
Born (1957-09-24) 24 September 1957 (age 67)
Sombo, Ghana
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Alma mater
ProfessionLawyer

Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin (born 24 September 1957) is a Ghanaian politician who is the current Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana.[1][2][3][4][5] He was the Minister for Health in the Ghana government from January 2012[6] until February 2013. He served as the Member of Parliament for Nadowli West constituency in the Upper West Region of Ghana in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th parliaments of the 4th republic of Ghana.[7] He contested for the presidential candidate slot of the National Democratic Congress in 2019, but lost to former President John Dramani Mahama.[8] On 7 January 2021, Bagbin was elected Speaker of 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic.[2][9]

  1. ^ "Bagbin is Speaker for 8th Parliament". MyJoyOnline.com. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b Carrey, Kelvin (7 January 2021). "Alban Bagbin elected Speaker of 8th Parliament". 3NEWS. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Petition Parliament over exclusion from parliamentary polls – Bagbin to SALL residents". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Speaker Alban Bagbin urges SALL residents to petition Parliament - MyJoyOnline.com". Myjoyonline. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ Online, Peace FM. "Speaker Not An MP, For What Reason Will Gov't Gag Him? - Egyapa Mercer Quizzes". Peacefmonline- Ghana news. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ^ Africa, Daily Guide (26 January 2012). "4 Ministers Sacked In Cabinet Shake-up". News Ghana. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "NDC presidential primaries: John Mahama secures landslide victory". Ghanaweb. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  9. ^ "We may never be able to rely on Bagbin for successful government business - Deputy Speaker - MyJoyOnline.com". Myjoyonline. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.