Mark Woyongo

Hon. Mark Owen Woyongo
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Navrongo Central
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 January 2013
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2014
President	John Dramani Mahama
Preceded by	Kwesi Ahwoi
Personal details
Born	1946/1947 (age 77–78)
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress

Mark Owen Woyongo is a Ghanaian politician and the Ghanaian Minister for the Interior for the Ghanaian Ministry of the Interior. He is 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 Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008, winning 41.7% of the votes and losing to Joseph Kofi Adda of the New Patriotic Party by 1,130 votes (3.5%). 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.

See also

• List of Mills government ministers
• List of Mahama government ministers

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Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by Joseph Kofi Adda	Navrongo Central 2013 –present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Alhassan Samari	Ministry for Upper East Region 2009 – 2014	Succeeded by Ephraim Avea Nsoh
Preceded by Kwesi Ahwoi	Minister for the Interior 2014 – present	Incumbent
Military offices
Preceded by Joseph Henry Smith	Minister for Defence 2013 – 2014	Succeeded by Benjamin Kunbuor