John Dramani Mahama

@Ghanaian Leaders, Birthday and Childhood

John Dramani Mahama is the current President of Ghana, who is also a good communicator and a writer

Nov 29, 1958

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: November 29, 1958
  • Nationality: Ghanaian
  • Famous: Ghanaian Leaders, President of Ghana, Democrats, Leaders, Political Leaders
  • Ideologies: Democrats
  • Spouses: Lordina Mahama
  • Siblings: Ibrahim Mahama
  • Childrens: Farida Mahama, Jesse Mahama

John Dramani Mahama born at

Damongo

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Birth Place

John Dramani is married to Lordina Dramani and the couple is blessed with seven children.

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Personal Life

It’s believed that the president of Ghana can communicate in different languages such as English, Ga, Dagbani, Akan, Hausa and Gonja.

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Personal Life

He has written many articles, essays and columns in newspapers and has also authored a book titled ‘My First Coup d'État and Other True Stories from the Lost Decades of Africa’, in the year 2012.

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Personal Life

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.

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Childhood & Early Life

Dramani received his elementary education at ‘Achimota School’ and later joined the ‘Ghana Secondary School’. In 1981, he graduated with a degree in history and after five years he earned a postgraduate diploma in communication studies from the ‘University of Ghana’, Legon.

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Childhood & Early Life

This leader first worked as a teacher and imparted lessons on history to students of secondary level for a few years, after completing his graduation.

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Career

He then went to Moscow, where he completed his post-graduation from the ‘Institute of Social Sciences’, with a specialization in social psychology, in the year 1988.

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Career

During the period 1991-95, he was associated with the Japan embassy in Accra, the capital of Ghana, where he served as the Officer of Information, Culture and Research.

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In 1993, the ‘Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’, Tokyo, conducted a training program for the Overseas Public Relations Staff and Dramani took part in this event. He also participated in the management development program conducted by the organization ‘Plan International’ in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Career

From 1995 to 1996, he was the International Relations, Sponsorship Communication and Grants Manager for the anti-poverty NGO named ‘Plan International’ office in Ghana.

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Career

As the President of Ghana, Mahama promised to work towards fulfilling the visionary program of Ghana termed as the ‘Better Ghana Agenda’. He has been continuously working on this agenda which is aimed at made some significant reforms in the nation.

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Major Works