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Ghana’s Past and Current Vice Presidents

Biography of Alhaji Aliu Mahama

Alhaji Aliu Mahama (3 March 1946 – 16 November 2012) was a Ghanaian engineer and politician who was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. A member of the New Patriotic Party, he was Ghana’s first Muslim Vice-President. Early life and education An ethnic Dagomba, Aliu Mahama as a young man studied at …

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Biography of Kow Nkensen Arkaah

Kow Nkensen Arkaah (14 July 1927 – 25 April 2001) was a Ghanaian politician who was Vice-President of Ghana from 1993 to 1997. He was also a chief of Senya Beraku. Early life Kow Arkaah was born on 14 July 1927 in Senya Beraku in the Central Region of the Gold Coast (now Ghana). He attended Mfantsipim School between 1941 and 1946, then Achimota College. He proceeded …

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