Biography Of Alban Bagbin; Real Name, Age, Career, Wife, Children, Net Worth, Contacts

Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin is a Ghanaian politician who is the current Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana. He was the Minister for Health in the Ghana government from January 2012 until February 2013 when Hanny-Sherry Ayittey took over the position.

He served as the Member of Parliament for Nadowli West constituency in the Upper West Region of Ghana in the 1st, to 7th parliaments of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Alban Bagbin Early Life

Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin was born on September 24, 1957, to Mr. Sansunni Bagbin and Mrs. Margaret B. Bagbin who were both peasant farmers. Mr. Bagbin is the fourth child of nine children of Margaret Bagbin and the thirteenth of the Bagbin family. He is 64 years of age.

The renowned politician hails from Sombo, Nadowli West in the Upper West region of Ghana.

Alban Bagbin Education

Mr. Bagbini had his senior high education at 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).

Alban Bagbin Career

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.

Bagbin’s return to Ghana in 1986, he joined Akyem Chambers, a law firm of legal practitioners, consultants, and notaries public. as an attorney, eventually rising to become a partner. Whilst working at Okyeman Chambers, between 1989 to 1992, he was appointed as the external solicitor of the Nii Ngleshie royal family of James Town, Credit Unions Association of Ghana (CUA), and several other private business firms within Accra.

From 1996 to 2001, Hon Alban was appointed as Chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Restructuring of the Water Sector (Ministry of Works and Housing) while between 1997 to 2001, he was a member of the National Media Commission.

Sumana was the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs for the second parliament of the fourth republic. He is a member of the New Democratic Congress(NDC)

Bagbin is currently the Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He was sworn in on 7 January 2021, after a well-drawn-out contest, after he was nominated by the Ghanaian Members of Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. Bagbin defeated the incumbent, Mike Oquaye who was nominated by the New Patriotic Party for the position.

Alban Bagbin Wife and Children

Alban Bagbin is married to Alice Adjua Yornas Bagbin, a Programme Officer of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) office in Ghana.

They are blessed with children.

Alban Bagbin Net Worth

 Alban has a whopping net worth of $5 to $10 million

Alban Bagbin Contacts

Instagram @Albanbagbin

Twitter  @AlbanBagbin

SOURCE: GOSSIPS24.COM