Early Years
Mahama
was born in Damongo, in the Damango-Daboya constituency of Ghana. His father
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.
He
attended Achimota School, Primary Department and The University of Ghana,
receiving a bachelor's degree in history in 1981 and a postgraduate degree in
communication studies in 1986. Following this, Mahama travelled to the
Institute of Social Sciences in Moscow, Soviet Union for further studies.
Early career
After
completing his education, Mahama returned to Ghana and, from 1991 to 1996,
worked as the Information, Culture and Research Officer at the Embassy of Japan
in Accra.
From
there he moved to the non-governmental agency (NGO) PLAN International's Ghana
Country Office, where he worked as International Relations, Sponsorship
Communications and Grants Manager.
As President
In
line with Ghana's constitution, Mahama became President of Ghana on 24 July
2012 on the death of his predecessor, John Atta Mills. The ruling National
Democratic Congress after a long debate on the party’s preparations toward who
succeeds the late President J.E.A Mills as flagbearer for the December polls,
has decided to go for congress on 1 September 2012. The party is expected to
endorse President John Dramani Mahama as flagbearer in the 2012 General
Elections.
Personal life and interests
He
is married to Lordina Mahama, with whom he has seven children. He is a
Christian. He has a keen interest in environmental affairs, particularly the
problem of plastic pollution in Africa, which he committed himself to
addressing during his tenure as Vice President.
From : www.wikipedia.org