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Flag Staff House - Presidency of Ghana
The new president of Ghana, since January 2017: Nana Addo
Header Photo: The Castle, original sit of the government of Ghana, and previously the Governor of the Gold Coast.
Still in use by Ghana government. |
Name: Mahama
Other Names: Dr. John Dramani Date of Birth: 1958-11-29 John Dramani Mahama (born 29 November 1958) is the President of the Republic of Ghana. He is a communication expert, historian, writer, former Member of Parliament and Minister of State, and former Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana. He succeeded to the Presidency, following the death of president John Evan Atta Mills, on 24 July 2012. |
Photos of the Flagstaff House or Jubilee House, as it is known. Photos of the back entrance of the building.
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Early years and education
Mr. Mahama was born in Damango, which is in the Northern Region of Ghana. His father Mr. Emmanuel Adama Mahama was the first Member of Parliament for the West Gonja Constituency and the first Regional Commissioner of the Northern Region during Ghana's First Republic. Upon the successful completion of that programme, Mr. Mahama then went on to pursue an additional postgraduate diploma, this one in social psychology at the Institute of Social Sciences in Moscow. Early career After completing his education Mr. Mahama returned to Ghana and, from 1991 to 1996, he worked as the Information, Culture and Research Officer at the Embassy of Japan in Accra. From there he moved to the nongovernmental agency (NGO) PLAN International's Ghana Country Office, where he worked as International Relations, Sponsorship Communications and Grants Manager. |
Presidency of Ghana
John Dramani Mahama upon acting as care-taker president of the republic of Ghana for 5 months contested on as flagbearer of the ruling National Democratic Congress and secured 50.70% of total votes cast in the December 7, 2012 general election to be declared winner by the electoral commission and sworn by the Chief Justice, Justice Mrs. Georgina Theodora Wood as the duly elected Leader of the Country.
Soon after his investiture, the opposition New Patriotic Party led by the 2012 Presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, running mate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the party chairman Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, challenge the results of the elections in the famous election petition suit.
The petition was heard by nine Supreme Court Justices with Justice William Atuguba as President. After eight months of hearing, the Supreme on August 29th 2013 dismissed the petition by a 5-4 majority decision.
John Dramani Mahama becomes the fourth elected leader in the fourth republic, and Ghana’s first president whose election has been challenged in court and decided by same. He also becomes the Fourth "John" to govern the Nation and the first President of the Republic born after the Nation attained Independence.
John Dramani Mahama upon acting as care-taker president of the republic of Ghana for 5 months contested on as flagbearer of the ruling National Democratic Congress and secured 50.70% of total votes cast in the December 7, 2012 general election to be declared winner by the electoral commission and sworn by the Chief Justice, Justice Mrs. Georgina Theodora Wood as the duly elected Leader of the Country.
Soon after his investiture, the opposition New Patriotic Party led by the 2012 Presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, running mate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the party chairman Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, challenge the results of the elections in the famous election petition suit.
The petition was heard by nine Supreme Court Justices with Justice William Atuguba as President. After eight months of hearing, the Supreme on August 29th 2013 dismissed the petition by a 5-4 majority decision.
John Dramani Mahama becomes the fourth elected leader in the fourth republic, and Ghana’s first president whose election has been challenged in court and decided by same. He also becomes the Fourth "John" to govern the Nation and the first President of the Republic born after the Nation attained Independence.