Member of the Ghana Parliament for Navrongo Central
In office 7 January 2013 – 2017
Preceded by
Joseph Kofi Adda
Majority
2,464
Upper East Region Minister
In office 2009–2014
President
John Atta Mills
Preceded by
Alhassan Samari
Succeeded by
Ephraim Avea Nsoh
Minister for Defence
In office 2013–2014
President
John Dramani Mahama
Preceded by
Joseph Henry Smith
Succeeded by
Benjamin Kunbuor
Minister for the Interior
In office 16 July 2014 – 7 January 2017
President
John Dramani Mahama
Preceded by
Kwesi Ahwoi
Succeeded by
Ambrose Dery
Personal details
Born
(1946-06-09)9 June 1946 Bolgatanga, Northern Territories
Died
17 January 2024(2024-01-17) (aged 77) Accra, Ghana
Nationality
Ghanaian
Political party
National 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]
^"Parliamentary Results Navrongo-Central (Upper East)". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
^"Mahama appoints more ministers: Haruna for Trade". GhanaWeb. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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