John Dramani Mahama (JM), as he is colloquially called, is a Christian, born on 29 November 1958, and raised a Presbyterian. Read John Mahama Biography and Profile.
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John Mahama Biography
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John Dramani Mahama (JM), as he is colloquially called, is a Christian, born on 29 November 1958, and raised a Presbyterian. Read John Mahama Biography and Profile. Read more
John Dramani Mahama (JM), as he is colloquially called, is a Christian, born on 29 November 1958, and raised a Presbyterian but now a member of Assemblies of God, living in a multi-faith family consisting of Christians and Muslims; he loves afrobeat music, is a passionate reader and a consummate writer, and has a vivid interest in farming, information and communication technology, and environmental issues.
His book, “My First Coup d’État and Other True Stories From the Lost Decades of Africa”, published in July 2012, has won international praise for describing a world of love, fear, faith, despair, loss, longing, and hope despite all else.
Because bringing hope despite all else is JM’s unique way to bring out the best in all the people, and especially in all Ghanaian people, which he so passionately serves.
Political Career
1996
1996 marks the year of John Dramani
Mahama’s entering into politics. He joined the National Democratic
Congress and, being an eloquent champion of the underprivileged, he was
elected to the Parliament of Ghana to represent the Bole/Bamboi
Constituency for a four-year term. He was re-elected in 2000 and in
2004.
2001
During this time, he was appointed Deputy
Minister of Communications in 1997, full Minister of Communications from
1998 until 2001, Minority Parliamentary Spokesman for Communications
from 2001 until 2005, and Minority Parliamentary Spokesman for Foreign
Affairs from 2005 until 2008.
While being Minister of Communications, John Dramani Mahama also served as the Chairman of the National Communications Authority, and played a key role in stabilising Ghana’s telecom sector.
2009
On 7 January 2009, John Dramani Mahama
became the Vice-President of Ghana, remaining in the post until
President John Atta Mills’ untimely death on 24 July 2012, when, in line
with Ghana’s Constitution, he became President of the Republic.
He also served as a member of the Pan African Parliament based in Pretoria, South Africa from 2004 to 2011, where he was Chairman of the West Africa Caucus.
2012
In December 2012, he was elected President
of Ghana for a four-year term. He thus made political history by
becoming the first Ghanaian head of state to have been born after
Ghana’s declaration of independence on 6 March 1957.
During his entire life and throughout his political career, President John Dramani Mahama was a champion of the underprivileged, fighting for them against all sorts of bullies; a unifier, moving above tribal politics; a strong supporter of public education for all; and a visionary, seeking to transform Ghana in fundamental ways.
Continuing his legacy as one of the front-runners of a prosperous and modern Ghana, John Dramani Mahama is now running for a second term for the Presidency of Ghana. While many new projects have been implemented since his last election, John Dramani Mahama vows to continue his reforms if elected, reforms that will touch some of the most important issues Ghana is facing at the moment: development of the infrastructure across the country, creation of jobs for the young graduates, affordable housing projects, improvement of quality in the educational system.
Early Career
1995
After
completing his education abroad, John Dramani Mahama became Officer of
Information, Culture and Research at the Japanese Embassy in Accra until
1995. From there he moved to the anti-poverty non-governmental
organization PLAN International’s Ghana Country Office, where he worked
as International Relations, Sponsorship Communications and Grants
Manager between 1995 and 1996.
Early Life And Education
1958
He was born on 29th November 1958 in Damongo, capital of West Gonja
district, in a political family. His father, Emmanuel Adama Mahama, was a
Member of Parliament from the West Gonja constituency and the first
Regional Commissioner of the Northern Region during Ghana’s First
Republic. John Dramani Mahama spent the first years of his life with his
mother, Abiba Nnaba, in the Northern Region, and then he moved to Accra
to live with his father, who imbued him with a strong passion for
education. He received his elementary education at ‘Achimota School’,
where he began defending other children from bullies, and later attended
the ‘Ghana Secondary School’ in Tamale.
1981
He moved on to become a student at the
University of Ghana, in Legon, receiving a bachelor’s degree in history
in 1981. He furthered his education by embarking on Post Graduate
Studies in Communication also at the University of Ghana, in the School
of Communication Studies, which he completed in 1986. His thirst for
knowledge took him to Moscow, Russia for a Post Graduate Diploma in
Social Psychology from the Institute of Social Sciences.
1983
After receiving his BA, John Dramani Mahama
moved back to Tamale, where he taught history at ‘Ghana Secondary
School’. However, the political and economic situation in Ghana forced
him to flee to Nigeria, where he rejoined his father. In 1983 he came
back, with a strong desire to build bridges between people through
communication, so he enrolled in a post-graduate program in
communication studies at the University of Ghana, which he graduated in
1986. He then went to Moscow, in the former Soviet Union, at the
Institute of Social Sciences, where he received a post-graduate degree
in social psychology in 1988. While in Moscow, he grew more and more
disillusioned with socialism, realizing that Ghana has to find its own
transformative way, away from ideological dogmas.
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2019-02-06