Ghana - Head of Government

HE President John Dramani Mahama  was sworn into office on 24 July 2012 following the sudden demise of his predecessor President John Evans Atta Mills.

He served previously as Vice-President, and was Chair of the West Africa Caucus at the Pan African Parliament in Pretoria, South Africa.

Mr Mahama was a diplomat in Japan in the early 1990s, and on his return to Ghana, he was elected to parliament as a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party.

Mr Mahama holds degrees in history and communications.

He was born on 29 November 1958 at Damango, in the Northern Region of Ghana.

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