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Profile Of Alban Bagbin; Full Name, Age, Wife, Children, Education, Career, Net Worth

Alban Bagbin

Alban Bagbin is the speaker of Parliament and a member of the NDC. Let’s take a look at his profile; full name, age, wife, children, education, career and net worth

FULL NAME

Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin

AGE

He was born on 24th September, 1957. He is 66 years old.

HOME TOWN

He hails from Sombo, Upper West Region of Ghana.

WIFE

Bagbin is married to Alice Adjua Yornas Bagbin, who is a Programme Officer of the UNICEF Office in Ghana

CHILDREN

Alban Bagbin has two children.

EDUCATION

Alban Bagbin was educated at the Wa Secondary School and Tamale Secondary School. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and English at the University of Ghana in 1980.

He proceeded to the Ghana School of Law at Makola in Accra after which he was called to the bar in 1982. Bagbin also earned an Executive Masters in Governance and Leadership from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

CAREER

Alban Bagbin is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He was first elected into Parliament during the 1992 Ghanaian General Elections. He represented the Nadowli West Constituency in the Upper West Region. In 2006, Bagbin announced his intentions to run for president in 2008 on the NDC ticket, but he never stood for the primaries. He became the Majority Leader in the Ghanaian parliament in 2009.

He is the Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He was sworn in on 7 January 2021.

Aside this, Alban Bagbin Bagbin worked as the acting Secretary to the Statistical Service Board at the Bureau of Statistics and Statistical Service from 1980 to 1982.He worked as Personnel Manager of the erstwhile State Hotels Corporation consisting of Ambassador and Continental Hotels between 1982 and 1983, before relocating to Libya to teach English in Tripoli at the Suk Juma Secondary School.