| Vice President John Dramani Mahama |
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H.E. Vice President, John Dramani Mahama, was born at Bole Bamboi in the Northern Region on the 29th November, 1958. He is married to Mrs Lordina Mahama and has seven children. Mr. Mahama started the his primary education at the Achimota Primary School and went on to secondary school at the Ghana Secondary School in Tamale in the Northern Region. He proceeded thereafter to the University of Ghana, Legon, where he obtained a BA Degree in History in 1981. In 1986, he obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon. He also undertook further Postgraduate Studies in Social Psychology at the Institute of Social Sciences in Moscow Russia in 1988. Mr. Mahama was employed as an Information Officer at the Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Ghana from 1991 to 1995. He moved on to join the non-governmental organisation, Plan International, as Sponsorship and Grants Manager in the Ghana Country Office from 1995 to 1996. He was elected to his first term as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bole-Bamboi Constituency in the Northern Region on the ticket of the NDC in December 1996. Mr. Mahama served as Deputy Minister of Communications from April 1997 to November 1998 and then served as the substantive Minister of Communications from November 1998 to January 2001. Mr. Mahama was re-elected MP for Bole-Bamboi Constituency in December 2000 and in December 2004. He served as Director of Communication for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as well as Spokesman on Communications for the Minority in Parliament between 2001 and 2004. From 2005 to date Mr. Mahama has been Minority Parliamentary Spokesman for Foreign Affairs. He has been a Member of the Pan African Parliament based in Pretoria, South Africa from 2004 to date where he served as the Chairman of the West Africa Caucus. On Wednesday, January 7, 2009, Hon. John Dramani Mahama was sworn into office as the Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana. |
At The Presidency
- 29 September 2009 Statement By The Office Of The President
- 22 September 2009 President's speech at launch of new pension scheme
- 21 September 2009 Let us take collective pride in celebrating Nkrumah-President
- 31 August 2009 Closing remarks by President Mills at the induction seminar for newly- appointed ambassadors/ high commissioners designate
- 18 August 2009 President Fullfills A Major Manifesto Promise
- 18 August 2009 New Governor for Bank of Ghana
- 10 August 2009 President calls for urgent forensic audit of all district assemblies
- 31 July 2009 President Calls for Public Input into Policies And Programmes
- 11 July 2009 President Obama's Speech At Parliament
- 07 July 2009 President's address at AU Summit In Libya
Latest News
Statement By The Office Of The President
Tuesday, 29 September 2009 The President John Evans Atta Mills has become aware of a judgment in a court in London on 25th September 2009 convicting a British company, Maybey and Johnson and its Directors after they pleaded... |
Latest Press Release
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New Members Of Boards Of Companies and Councils
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 The President, in consultation with the Council of State, has appointed the following persons to the following positions:1. Pharmacy CouncilChairman Dr. David Anim-AddoMembers Prof. Dawiejua... |
PRESS RELEASES
- 27 October 2009 New Members Of Boards Of Companies and Councils
- 14 October 2009 PRESIDENT MILLS SPENDS THREE (3) DAYS IN THE EASTERN REGION
- 07 October 2009 PRESIDENT COMMISSIONS COCOA PROCESSING PLANT IN KUMASI
- 07 October 2009 BOLGATANGA TOWN HALL MEETING
- 22 September 2009 President leaves for the General Assembly of the United Nations Organisation in New York
- 10 August 2009 APPOINTMENT OF NEW ACTING COMMISSIONER OF CEPS
- 10 August 2009 EX-PRESIDENT RAWLINGS TO LEAD GOVERNMENT DELEGATION
- 27 July 2009 PRESIDENT TOURS WESTERN AND BRONG- AHAFO REGIONS
- 24 July 2009 President Make New Appointments
- 13 July 2009 PRESIDENT MILLS OFF TO EGYPT
