HON. ALEXANDER AFENYO-MARKIN – EFFUTU Constituency
He was born on 27 May 1978 and hails from Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. He studied law at the University of Buckingham, (LLB/MGT, 2003–2006), Ghana School of Law where he received a Barrister at Law certification (2007–2009) and received an M.A in international politics and security studies at the University of Bradford (2009–2010).
Politics
In 2012, on the ticket of the NPP, Afenyo-Markin contested the NDC parliamentary candidate, Mike Allen Hammah and won.
He became the chairman of Ghana Water Company Ltd (GWCL) in 2017. He was alleged to have been involved in the near collapse of GWCL and other financial improprieties, over which he launched a defamation lawsuit in the court. He has been on the Committee of Defense and the Interior Finance Committee in Ghana Parliamen.
In 2021, Afenyo-Markin together with Abdul-Aziz Ayaba Musah, Johnson Kwaku Adu, Laadi Ayii Ayamba and Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah were sworn in during the Extraordinary Session 2021 of the Parliament of the ECOWAS which happened in Freetown in Sierra Leone.
On 11 March 2024, during a debate on President Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo-Addo’s state of the nation address in parliament, he made a comment with regards to the running mate of former president John Mahama; Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang which generated immediate controversy in parliament.The house was suspended for an hour and he later retracted the statement.
NPP Majority Leader
Afenyo-Markin, the Member of Parliament for Effutu, assumed the role of Majority Leader as of Friday, February 23, according to the confirmation of the New Patriotic Party’s National Council. This shift in the leadership of the Majority Front Bench is in line with the Speaker’s recent decision regarding the selection process and comes after a recent interpretation of parliamentary procedure.
At a meeting chaired by the General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong on Friday, 23 February 2024 confirmed that the changed in leadership in Parliament of Ghana has the full support of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
From : Wikipedia / Parliament
