Parliament of Ghana

Speaker of the Parliament
Parliament House, Accra
Tel. 233-21-668514
Email: parclerk@ghana.com
Website: Official Site
History of Parliament
Speaker of Parliament:Mrs. Joyce Bamford-Addo
First Deputy Speaker: Edward Doe Ajaho

Second Deputy Speaker: Michael Aaron Oquaye

Majority Leader: Samuel K. Alban Bagbin
Deputy Majority Leader: John Tia Akologu
Chief Whip:Enoch Teye Mensah
First Deputy Chief Whip: Akua Sena Dansua
Second Deputy Chief Whip: Evans Paul Aidoo

Minority Leader: Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
Deputy Minority Leader: Ambrose P. Dery
Minority Chief Whip:
Dep. Minority Chief Whip: Gifty Eugenia Kusi
2nd Dep. Minority Chief Whip: Benjamin Kofi Ayeh

OVERVIEW OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN PARLIAMENT (January 2009)

Region	NDC	CPP	PNC	NPP	IND.	Total
Western Region	11	1	-	10	-	22
Central Region	11	-	-	8	-	19
Greater Accra	18	-	-	9	-	27
Volta	21	-	-	1	-	22
Eastern	7	-	-	19	1	27
Ashanti	3	-	-	34	2	39
Brong Ahafo	8	-	-	15	-	23
Northern	21	-	-	4	1	26
Upper East	8	-	1	4	-	13
Upper West	6	-	1	3	-	10
Total	114	1	2	107	4	228

NDC - National Democratic Congress
CPP - Convention Peoples Party
PNC - Peoples National Convention
NPP - New Patriotic Party
IND - Independent Candidates