Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin is a Member of the Parliament of Ghana for the Effutu constituency, Central Region. Serving also on the Committee of Defense and the Interior Finance Committee in Ghana Parliament.

He was born on May 27, 1978, and hails from Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana.

Studied Law at the University of Buckingham, LLB/mgt,(2003-2006), Ghana School of Law, Barrister at Law Cert.(2007-2009), University of Bradford, M.A. Int. Politics & Sec(2009-2010). He was a Principal Postal Officer at the Ghana Post Company Limited from 1999 to 2003, a Director at Excel Courier Ghana Limited between 2004 and 2011, and an Associate at Dehwenya Chambers from 2010 to 2016.

He worked as a Principal Postal Officer at the Ghana Post Company Limited from 1999 to 2003, Excel Courier Ghana Limited as the Director between 2004 and 2011. He was also an Associate at Dehenya Chambers from 2010 to 2016.

Afenyo-Markin in 2012 contested in the Parliamentary elections against Mike Allen Hammah and won.

In 201y, he was appointed the chairman of the Ghana Water Company. It was alleged to have caused the GWC financial loss and the collapse of the company. He later filed a defamation suit for this claim.

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 2021.

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