Mark owen woyongo biography
Mark Owen Woyongo (9 June – 17 January ) was a Ghanaian politician who served as the Ghanaian Minister for the Interior for the Ghanaian Ministry....
Mark Woyongo
Ghanaian politician (1946–2024)
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.
Hon Mark Owen Woyongo, was the Minister for Interior from 6th August, to 29th February, He was born on 9th June, in Bolgatanga in the Upper East.
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]
Early life and education
Woyongo was born on 9 June 1946 in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
He attended Notre Dame Secondary School