Rt. Hon. Alban S. K. Bagbin

Rt. Hon. Alban S. K. Bagbin

This is the official website of Rt. Hon. A. S. K. Bagbin, Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. Previously MP for Nadowli-Kaleo Constituency (28 yrs) and Second Deputy Speaker, Parliament of Ghana (4 yrs).

Hon Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin was born on 24 September 1957 to Sansunni Bagbin and Margaret B. Bagbin who were both peasant farmers. He is the fourth child of nine children. He is a member of the Dagaaba ethnic group. He hails from Sombo, Upper West Region of Ghana. Hon Alban Bagbin was educated at 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. He proceeded to the Ghana School of Law at Makola in Accra after which he was called to the bar in 1982. Bagbin also earned an Executive Masters in Governance and Leadership from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

Hon Alban Bagbin is a Ghanaian politician who is the current Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana. He was the Minister for Health in the Ghana government from January 2012 until February 2013 when Hanny-Sherry Ayittey took over the position. 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. He contested for the presidential candidate slot of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 2019 but subsequently lost to former President John Dramani Mahama. On 7 January 2021 Bagbin was elected Speaker of 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic.

International Profile:
He has also been a member of the African Parliamentary Network against Corruption (1999-2005). Founding Member, Global Organization of Parliamentarians against Corruption (2002 to date). Elected Vice President, Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Elected member of the international Council for Parliamentarians for Global Action. Attended a number of international conferences, seminars and assignments while he has undertaken a lot of consultancies and presented papers at a number of international fora.