Mark owen woyongo biography of michael

After the death and burial of astute and quintessential politician, Enoch Teye Mensah, popularly referred to as E.T Mensah, another eminent citizen from the National Democratic Congress stock, has been snatched by the cold hands of death.

Mark Owen Woyongo was born on 9 June in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana.

He attended Notre Dame Secondary School in Navrongo in He completed a Diploma in Journalism from Ghana Institute of Journalism in He has undertaken many professional courses in Ghana and abroad

Mark Owen Woyongo was the Public Relations Officer for the Upper East Regional Administration from and He was appointed the Regional Information Officer, Upper East Region in

 In , he was appointed the Minister Counselor for Information at the Ghana High Commission in London, United Kingdom.

He won the parliamentary elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In , he was appointed Defence Minister and subsequently to the Ministry of the Interior during his tenure as Upper East Regional Minister.

In , he was appointed the Upper East Regional Minister by late President John Evans Atta Mills.

He was retained in that position by former President John Dramani Mahama, following the death of President Mills.

In , he was nominated by Pres

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First presidency of John Mahama

Ghanaian presidential administration from to

John Mahama's first tenure as President of Ghana began when he succeeded John Atta Mills following the latter's death in office on 24 July Mahama previously served as Vice-President of Ghana from January to July , and is the first head of state of Ghana to have been born after the country's independence. He was elected after the December election for a full term as president.^[1]

Upon assuming office, Mahama continued the Better Ghana Agenda policy vision initiated by his predecessor. He contested re-election for a second term in the election, but lost to the New Patriotic Party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo.^[2] This made him the first president in the history of Ghana to not have won a second term consecutively. He left office on 7 January , and was re-elected as president in

general election

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Main article: Ghanaian general election

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Incumbent president John Mahama was declared winner of the presidential election with just % of the vote, a few thousand votes over the threshold for avoiding a run-off election. Nana Akufo-Addo on the other hand received %.^[3] However, the opposition did not accept the results and accused the Electoral Co