Biography of president mahama ghana

President of Ghana (2012–2017; since 2025)

John Dramani Mahama (; born 29 November 1958)^[1] is a Ghanaian politician who has been the 14th president of Ghana since 7 January 2025.^[2][3] He previously served as the 12th president from 2012 to 2017 and as the fifth vice president from 2009 to 2012.^[4] Mahama took office as president for the first time on 24 July 2012, following the death of his predecessor, John Atta Mills.^[5][6]

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mahama was Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi from 1997 to 2009 and served as Deputy Minister for Communication between 1997 and 1998 before becoming the substantive Minister for Communications in 1998.^[7] Mahama is the first vice president to assume the presidency following the death of his predecessor, and is the first head of state of Ghana to have been born after Ghana's independence in 1957.^[8]

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