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DATE of INDEPENDENCE |
March 6 1957 |
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STRUCTURE of PARLIAMENT |
Unicameral |
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8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic |
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TERM |
Four (4) years 2021 – 2024 |
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BRIEF HISTORY |
In 1850, Ghana, then The Gold Coast, was given its own Legislative Council to advise the colonial Governor in enacting legislation mainly in the form of Ordinances "for the peace, order and good government of the subject." The Legislative Council was purely advisory as the Governor exercised all legislative and executive powers. The Legislative Council consisted of the Governor and at least two other person appointed by the colonial administration. The Legislative Council was required to make laws and ordinances necessary for the peace, order and governance of the Gold Coast. The legislature at the time was merely an advisory body and had no oversight power over the colonial government. Various agitations against the colonial authorities for equal representation and universal suffrage led to the transformation of the non-elected legislature into an elected Legislative Assembly in 1954. After gaining independence in March 1957, Ghana saw four Parliaments under four different Republics (i.e. First Republican Constitution of 1960, the Second Republican Constitution of 1969, the Third Republican Constitution of 1981 and the Fourth Republican Constitution of 1992). The incessant interventions of the military in politics truncated the terms of the first three Parliaments in 1966, 1972 and 1981. The democratic instability that was witnessed over the period ensured that Parliament was an unstable governance institution until 1993, when democracy was finally restored under the Fourth Republic. |
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NUMBER OF MPs
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275 New Patriotic Party (NPP) 137 National Democratic Congress (NDC) 137 Independent Candidate |
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GENDER REPRESENTATION |
Male 235 Female 40 |
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LEADERSHIP of PARLIAMENT
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Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin Second Deputy Speaker Hon. Andrew Asiamah Amoako Majority Leader Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu Majority Chief Whip Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompreh Second Deputy Majority Whip Hon. Habib Iddrisu Second Deputy Minority Whip Hon. Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe
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SITTINGS of PARLIAMENT |
Parliament Sits for 28 weeks and goes on recess for 24 week within a session. 1st Meeting: January to March 2nd Meeting: May to July 3rd Meeting: October to December |
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COMMITTEES
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Standing Committees 14 Select Committees 16 Ad hoc Committees 1 |
PREVIOUS PARLIAMENTS UNDER THE FOURTH REPUBLIC
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SESSION |
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT |
GENDER REPRESENTATION |
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First Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana 1993 |
National Democratic Congress (NDC) 189 New Patriotic Party (NPP) 8 Independent 2 Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE) 1 Total 200 |
Male 184
Female 16 |
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Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana 1997 |
NDC 131 NPP 63 People’s Convention Party (PCP) 5 People’s National Convention 1 Total 200 |
Male 181 Female 19 |
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Third Parliament of the Republic of Ghana 2001
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NPP 100 NDC 92 People’s National Convention (PNC) 3 CPP 1 Independent 4 Total 200 |
Male 182 Female 18 |
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Fourth Parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana 2005 |
New Patriotic Party (NPP) 128 National Democratic Congress (NDC) 94 People's National Convention (PNC) 4 Convention People's Party (CPP) 3 Independent 1 Total 230 |
Male 205 Female 25 |
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Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana 2009 |
National Democratic Congress (NDC) 116 New Patriotic Party (NPP) 107 Independent 4 People's National Convention (PNC) 2 Convention People's Party (CPP) 1 Total 230 |
Male 211 Female 19 |
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Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana 2013 |
National Democratic Congress (NDC) 148 New Patriotic Party (NPP) 122 Independent 3 People's National Convention (PNC) 1 Convention People’s Party (CPP) 1 Total 275 |
Male 245 Female 30 |
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Seventh Parliament of the Republic of Ghana 2017 |
New Patriotic Party (NPP) 169 National Democratic Congress (NDC) 106
Total 275 |
Male 239 Female 36 |
Speakers of Parliament (1951 to date)
Name Period
Sir. Emmanuel Charles Quist March 1951 - December 1957
Hon. Justice Augustus Molade Akiwumi February 1958 - June 1960
Hon. Joseph Richard Asiedu July 1960 - June 1965
Hon. Kofi Asante Ofori Atta June 1965 – February 1966
Hon. Justice Nii Amaa Ollenu October 1969 - January 1972
Hon. Justice J. Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph September 1979 – December 1981
Under the Fourth Republic
Rt. Hon. Justice Daniel Francis Annan 1993 - 2001
Rt. Hon. Peter Ala Adjetey 2001 - 2005
Rt. Hon. Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi Hughes 2005 - 2009
Rt. Hon. Justice Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo 2009 - 2013
Rt. Hon. Edward Doe Adjaho 2013 - 2017
Rt. Hon. Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye 2017 – 2020
Clerks to Parliament of Ghana from 1952 to 2020
Mr. Edward Aitken Niven Ffoulkes-Crabbe 1952 - 1955
Mr. K. B. Ayensu 1955 - 1966
Mr. Christian Albert Lokko 1969 - 1971
Mr. J Aggrey-Orleans 1979 - 1981
Mr. S. N. Darkwa 1993 - 1996
Mr. Rex Owusu-Ansah (Nana) 1997 - 2001
Mr. K. E. K. Tachie 2001 - 2007
Mr. Emmanuel K. Anyimadu 2007 - 2019
Mr. Cyril K. O. Nsiah 2019 - 2020
