Mark Owen Woyongo

Mark Owen Woyongo (1946-2024) de la Gaana nɛra n ze’ele Navɔreŋɔ Bɔlega so’olum la puan Gaana wa. Ba yuum dɔgɛ Mark Owen Woyongo la 9th June, 1946 yuunɛ la puan Gaana wa. Mark Owen Woyongo de la Gaana Gɔmena nalɛgera dee yuum kelum dɛna Ghanaian Minister for the Interior for the Ghanaian Ministry of the Interior. Mark Owen Woyongo yuum kelum dɛna la Gaana Palemɛti wara biŋera bɔ’ɔra ‘Navrongo Central constituency in Ghana’.

Mark Owen Woyongo
Member of the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana (en) Ko'oro 7, 2013 - Ko'oro 6, 2017 Electoral district: Navrongo Central Constituency (en) Elected in: 2012 Ghanaian general election (en) Minister for Defence (en) Gunfuko 14, 2013 - Naakɛ'ɛsiga 16, 2014 Minister for the Interior of Ghana (en) Naakɛ'ɛsiga 16, 2014 - Ko'oro 7, 2017 ← Kwesi Ahwoi (en) - Dery Ambrose →
Bɔlegataŋa, Siibenya'aŋa 9, 1949
Country of citizenship	Ghana
Place of death	Ko'oro 17, 2024
Education
Educated at	University of Media, Arts and Communication (en) diploma (en) : journalism (en)
Languages spoken, written or signed	English (en)
Occupation
Occupation	politician (en) la civil servant (en)
Religion or worldview	Catholicism (en)
Member of political party	National Democratic Congress

Mark Owen Woyongo yuum pɔsɛ ze’ele lɛgɛ Gɔmena na’am wa la 2008 Gaana za’an waabi votiŋɔ la puan dee yuum ze’ele bo la Ama’asumtia paati la, Mark Owen Woyongo yuum nyɛ la nɛreba 41.7% dikɛ di kuka la dee yuum nyaa ta lui pooren bo Kofi Adda n de Awɔbegɔ paati nɛra la, yuum nyɛ la nɛreba 1,130 ti la dɛna (3.5%).

Ba yuum nyaa loe e mɛ ti a dɛna ‘Upper East Regional Minister by President Mills in his government’ 2009 yuunɛ la puan. Gaana kuka zuo daana Atta Mills n yuum ta nyɛlegɛ kaam sigɛ tiŋa la deti John Mahama nyɔregɛ la, a yuum ka tɛe e dee yuum kelum basɛ ti a kelum bɔna bini la bala paɛ 2013. Gaana kuka zuo daana John Mahama yuum nyaa ta tee e mɛ ti dɛna nɛremina gu’uri Gaana za’an waabi bisera la deti ba wi’ira e ti ‘Minister for Defence’ la puan.

A Pɔsega Vom la Sukuu Yɛla

Ba yuum dɔgɛ Mark Owen Woyongo la 9th June, 1946 yuunɛ la puan n boi Navɔreŋɔ ‘Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana’. Mark Owen Wayongo yuum kiŋɛ la ‘Notre Dame Secondary School in Navrongo’ la 1966 yuunɛ la puan. A yuum ba’asɛ a ‘Diploma in Journalism from Ghana Institute of Journalism’ la 1971 yuunɛ la puan. Mark Owen Woyongo kelum zamesɛ la yɛla zo’e zo’e ti ba wi’ira ti ‘professional courses’ la Gaana wa hali le Solemitiŋa za’an waabi.

A Paati Paati Yɛla

Mark Owen Woyongo n yuum de ‘Public Relations Officer for the Upper East Regional Administration from 1978 and 1985’. Ba yuum le loe e mɛ ti a dɛna ‘Regional Information Officer, Upper East Region in 1985’. 1994 yuunɛ la puan, ba yuum le loe Mark Owen Wayongo mɛ ti a dɛna ‘Minister Counselor for Information at the Ghana High Commission n boi London, United Kingdom tiŋa puan.

Mark Woyongo yuum le ta dɛna la ‘Minister for the Upper East Region’ ze’ele 2009 yuunɛ puan ta paɛ 2012 yuunɛ la puan. Mark Owen Wayongo yuum vo’e la palɛ zuo dɛŋa puan, a yuum ze’ele la Ama’asumtia paati la n de NDC ‘congress’ ti ba yuum iŋɛ n bo Bɔlega Upper East region la puan kula ta nyɛ palɛ zuo dɛŋa wa.

Mark Owen Wayongo n yuum di Navɔregɔ kuka la Gaana za’an waabi votiŋɔ la ti ba yuum votum 2012 yuunɛ la puan la bo Ama’asumtia paati la (NDC). 2013 yuunɛ la puan, ba yuum loe e mɛ ti a dɛna ‘Defence Minister and subsequently to the Ministry of the Interior’ eŋa yuum de ‘Upper East Regional Minister’ sansɛka la nɔɔ puan.

Amiŋa Vom Yɛla

Mark Woyongo dila pɔga dɔgɛ kɔma ayi.

Bisɛ ba’asɛ

• Atta Mills gɔmena minita duma yu’ura

• John Mahama gɔmena minita duma yu’ura