Edward Mahama
Edward Nasigre Mahama (born April 15, 1945 in Sumniboma , Ghana) is a doctor for obstetrics and gynecology , lecturer and leading opposition politician in Ghana .
education
Mahama attended Nalerigu Primary School and Nalerigu Middle School between 1953 and 1959. He then attended the Tamale Secondary School in Tamale between 1961 and 1965 . Mahama then attended the University of Ghana in Legon, a district of Accra, between 1965 and 1972. Here he obtained an MB and Ch B degree in human medicine.
Career
Mahama is one of the leading doctors in Ghana. Between 1978 and 1990, Dr. Mahama Member of the Board of Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology for the City of Chicago , USA and Clinical Trainer for Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University . Between 1974 and 1976 he was the chief health care practitioner at the Baptist Medical Center in Nalerigu, Ghana. At Columbus Hospital in Chicago, he worked in the obstetrics and gynecology department from 1977 to 1980 and was promoted to chief physician of the department.
Between 1985 and 1990 he was director of the Superior Medical Associates. Lartey became a visiting lecturer at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra in 1990 .
Mahama is a party friend of the former President Hilla Limann , who refused to run again in favor of Mahamas in the 1996 elections.
In 1996, Mahama was a candidate for the People's National Convention (PNC) party in the presidential election and won 3.0 percent of the vote. President Jerry Rawlings won the elections brilliantly. Mahama tried again from the opposition in the presidential elections in Ghana in 2000 . He won 2.5 percent of the vote and was clearly defeated by the later President John Agyekum Kufuor . A change in strategy occurred in the 2004 presidential election . Here Mahama managed to unite various smaller opposition parties to form the Grand Coalition (PNC), Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE) and the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP). Mahama was run as the presidential candidate of the grand coalition for the elections, but won only 1.9 percent of the vote. In the presidential elections in Ghana in 2008 he finally failed with 0.8% of the vote. Mahama is the acting chairman of the PNC.
Mahama is the author of the 96-page book The New Ghanaian, A Mandate for Change .
family
Edward Mahama is married to Comfort Mahama (born November 24, 1954), a pharmacist from the United States of America. Both have four children together.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mahama, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mahama, Edward Nasigre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ghanaian opposition politician and presidential candidate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sumniboma, Ghana |