Biography Of John Dramani Mahama; Real Name, Age, Career, Wife, Net Worth

John Dramani is the former president and a prominent man in Ghana. He is the first president who has been elected to almost all the different level positions in the government before he was appointed the president. He has great leadership qualities which have helped him earn many varied posts and he proved his skills by performing his duties in these posts, in the best possible way.

John Mahama Early Life

H.E. John Dramani Mahama was born in the capital of West Gonja district on the 29th November 1958. Mahama was born into a politically active family. His father, Emmanuel Adama Mahama, served as a member of Parliament as well as a regional commissioner in the government of Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah.

John Mahama Education

Mr. Mahama began his basic education at the Achimota Primary School and had his secondary education at the Ghana Secondary School in Tamale in the Northern Region. He pursued his first degree at the University of Ghana, Legon, where he obtained a BA Degree in History in 1981.

In 1986, he achieved a Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon. He also pursued a Postgraduate Studies in Social Psychology at Moscow Russia’s Institute of Social Sciences in 1988.

John Mahama Career

After Mahama returned to Ghana, he worked in Accra as the Information, Culture, and Research Officer at the embassy of Japan until 1995. He then worked at the Ghana office of Plan International, a humanitarian and development organization, as the international relations, sponsorship, communication, and grants manager. Mahama also worked as a teacher and imparted lessons on history to students of secondary level for a few years, after completing his graduation.

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. 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.

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 former President Mahama has been a Minority Parliamentary Spokesman for Foreign Affairs. He has been a Member of the Pan African Parliament based in Pretoria, South Africa since 2004 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.

On 24th July 2012, he took office as the President of Ghana, following the death of the former president John Atta Mills. In 2014, he got associated with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and also chaired the High-Level African Trade Committee (HATC) of the African Union (AU).

John Mahama Wife And Children

John Dramani is married to every educated and beautiful woman named Lordina Mahama and blessed with 5 children; 4 boys and a girl namely; Shafik, Shahid, Sharaf, Jesse, and Farida

John Mahama Net Worth

John Mahama Net Worth

John Mahama’s net worth is estimated to have $1.5 Million.

SOURCE: GOSSIPS24.COM