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Name : Alexander Afenyo-Markin

Position : Minority Leader

Designation : Minority Leader

Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin 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).

Between the years 1999 and 2003, the Effutu legislator worked as a Principal Postal Officer at the Ghana Post Company Limited. Also, he worked at the Excel Courier Ghana Limited as the Director between 2004 and 2011 and as an Associate at Dehenya Chambers from 2010 to 2016.

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, Interior and Finance Committees in Ghana's Parliament.

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. He was previously the Deputy Majority Leader in the Parliament of Ghana until February 2024, when he was promoted to Majority Leader as part of a reshuffle by President Nana Akufo-Addo and the leadership of the New Patriotic Party.

Afenyo-Markin, the Member of Parliament for Effutu, assumed the role of Majority Leader on Friday February 23, 2024 according to the confirmation of the New Patriotic Party's National Council. This shift in the leadership of the Majority Front Bench was in line with the Speaker's recent decision regarding the selection process and comes after a recent interpretation of parliamentary procedure.

He is currently the Minority Leader in the 9th parliament of the fourth Republic.

Start Datte : 1/7/2025 12:00:00 AM End Date : 1/6/2029 12:00:00 AM