Mark Woyongo

Hon.
Mark Owen Woyongo
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Navrongo Central
In office
7 January 2013 – 2017
Preceded byJoseph Kofi Adda
Majority2,464
Upper East Region Minister
In office
2009–2014
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byAlhassan Samari
Succeeded byEphraim Avea Nsoh
Minister for Defence
In office
2013–2014
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
Preceded byJoseph Henry Smith
Succeeded byBenjamin Kunbuor
Minister for the Interior
In office
16 July 2014 – 7 January 2017
PresidentJohn Dramani Mahama
Preceded byKwesi Ahwoi
Succeeded byAmbrose Dery
Personal details
Born(1946-06-09)9 June 1946
Bolgatanga, Northern Territories
Died17 January 2024(2024-01-17) (aged 77)
Accra, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress

Mark Owen Woyongo (9 June 1946 – 17 January 2024) was a Ghanaian politician who served as the Ghanaian Minister for the Interior for the Ghanaian Ministry of the Interior. He was also the Member of Parliament for the Navrongo Central constituency in Ghana.

Woyongo first stood for election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the 2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election, winning 41.7% of the votes and losing to Joseph Kofi Adda of the New Patriotic Party by 1,130 votes (3.5%).[1] He was however appointed the Upper East Regional Minister by President Mills in his government in 2009. He was retained in this position by President Mahama following the death of Mills. In 2013, he was nominated by President Mahama for the position of Minister for Defence.[2]

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Results Navrongo-Central (Upper East)". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Mahama appoints more ministers: Haruna for Trade". GhanaWeb. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.