Former Interior Minister Mark Woyongo Dies At 741 min read

The Woyongo family, in a press statement issued on Thursday, January 18, said he died on Wednesday, January 17, at the Bank of Ghana Hospital in Accra.

“The head of the Woyongo Family, Mr. Awini Zinge of Nayagnia–Navrongo, wishes to announce with deep sorrow the death of their beloved son and brother, Hon. Mark Owen Woyongo.

“The sad event occurred on Wednesday, 17th January 2024 at the Bank of Ghana Hospital,” a part of the statement said.

“Hon. Mark Owen Woyongo was a former Minister for the Upper East Region, former Member of Parliament for Navrongo Central Constituency, former Minister for Defense, former Minister of Interior and a former Minister of State at the Presidency,” it added.

Funeral arrangements will be communicated later.

Mark Woyongo was MP for Navrongo Central from 2012 to 2016. He announced his retirement from politics, disclosing in December 2016 that he would not contest any political position again.

He was appointed the Upper East Regional Minister by late President John Evans Atta Mills in his government in 2009.

He was retained in that position by former President John Dramani Mahama following the death of President Mills.

In 2013, he was nominated by President Mahama for the position of Minister for Defence. He was later nominated for the position of Interior Minister in 2014 by President Mahama.

He was also the owner and Chief Executive Officer of Tamale-based Diamond FM.