Early Life and Education:
President Mahama was born in Damongo on the 29th of November 1958. His Father was the Late Emmanuel Adama Mahama who was the first Member of Parliament for the West Gonja Constituency, and the first Regional Commissioner of the Northern Region under President Kwame Nkrumah. H.E John Dramani Mahama attended primary school at the Achimota School in Accra, and on completion moved to the Northern Region to attend the Ghana Secondary School in Tamale where he studied for his Ordinary and Advanced level GCE Certificates. Thereafter he attended the University of Ghana, Legon where he read History, and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1981. He furthered his education by doing Post Graduate Studies in Communication also in the University of Ghana, which he completed in 1986. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Social Psychology from the Institute of Social Sciences in Moscow.
Family Life:
President Mahama has been married for over twenty years to Mrs. Lordina Mahama. They have eight (8) children. He is a Christian but comes from a multi-faith family with both Christian and Moslem brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles. When he takes a break from the work of Government he loves to spend time in the company of his family, especially their two youngest children Jesse and Farida.
Political Career And Achievements:
He contested to serve as a Member of Parliament for the Bole-Bamboi Constituency in 1996, and won on the ticket of the NDC. He was re-elected to Parliament two more times in the year 2000, and 2004 prior to becoming the Vice-Presidential Candidate for the Party in 2008. During his first term of Office as an MP he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Communications, and subsequently appointed substantive Minister. He was the first Chairman of the National Communications Authority and in that capacity played a key role in shaping Ghana's telecommunication's sector after deregulation. During the NDC Administration of 1996 -2000 he was also a member of the economic management team, and played a key role in the publicity committee for the re-introduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT). When the NDC Government left office in January 2001 he served as the Minority Spokesman for Communications in Parliament from 2001 to 2004, the Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2008, and as a Member of the Pan African Parliament. He was also the Director of Communications of the NDC. He was the Vice President of Ghana from 2008-2012 and elected the President of Ghana on 7th December, 2012 after serving the remaining five (5) months of the late President J. E. A. Mills’ term.
President Mahama has been married for over twenty years to Mrs. Lordina Mahama. They have eight (8) children. He is a Christian but comes from a multi-faith family with both Christian and Moslem brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles. When he takes a break from the work of Government he loves to spend time in the company of his family, especially their two youngest children Jesse and Farida.
Political Career And Achievements:
He contested to serve as a Member of Parliament for the Bole-Bamboi Constituency in 1996, and won on the ticket of the NDC. He was re-elected to Parliament two more times in the year 2000, and 2004 prior to becoming the Vice-Presidential Candidate for the Party in 2008. During his first term of Office as an MP he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Communications, and subsequently appointed substantive Minister. He was the first Chairman of the National Communications Authority and in that capacity played a key role in shaping Ghana's telecommunication's sector after deregulation. During the NDC Administration of 1996 -2000 he was also a member of the economic management team, and played a key role in the publicity committee for the re-introduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT). When the NDC Government left office in January 2001 he served as the Minority Spokesman for Communications in Parliament from 2001 to 2004, the Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2008, and as a Member of the Pan African Parliament. He was also the Director of Communications of the NDC. He was the Vice President of Ghana from 2008-2012 and elected the President of Ghana on 7th December, 2012 after serving the remaining five (5) months of the late President J. E. A. Mills’ term.
Interests:
He loves to read, acquire knowledge and also has a keen interest in Technology and Agriculture being a Farmer himself. The President is a keen football enthusiast and when he has the time, he loves to watch soccer in the company of his family and friend.
He loves to read, acquire knowledge and also has a keen interest in Technology and Agriculture being a Farmer himself. The President is a keen football enthusiast and when he has the time, he loves to watch soccer in the company of his family and friend.
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