Ghana

Speaker of Parliament

How the office holder is chosen

Under Article 95 of the 1992 Constitution, the Speaker is elected by the members of Parliament from among persons who are members of Parliament or who are qualified to be elected as members.²

Term

The Speaker is elected for each Parliament. Bagbin was first elected on 7 January 2021, and the Parliament of Ghana names him as Speaker of the 9th Parliament, inaugurated on 7 January 2025. IPU Parline records his re-election on 7 January 2025.^4,3,1

Recent holders

Notable facts

• Under Article 104 of the Constitution, the Speaker has neither an original nor a casting vote, and a motion on a tied vote is lost.²
• Bagbin polled 138 of the 275 votes cast by MPs in the early hours of 7 January 2021, according to the Ghana News Agency.^4,5

Sources

1. Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU Parline: Ghana, Parliament
2. Constitute Project, Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992 (rev. 1996) (Constitute Project)
3. Parliament of Ghana, Parliament of Ghana (home page) (28 October 2026)
4. Ghana News Agency, Ghana's Eighth Parliament: a legislative era marked by key developments, controversies
5. Citi Newsroom, Alban Bagbin elected Speaker of 8th Parliament (7 January 2021)