Amb Hajia Alima Mahama | |
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Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to the United States | |
Assumed office June 2021 | |
President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
Preceded by | Baffour Adjei Bawuah |
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development | |
Assumed office 28 January 2017 | |
President | Nana Akufo-Addo |
Preceded by | Julius Debrah |
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Nalerigu | |
Assumed office 7 January 2013 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Majority | 27,501 |
Minister for Woman and Childrens Affairs | |
President | John Kufour |
President | John Atta Mills John Mahama |
Personal details | |
Born | Walewale,Ghana | 17 November 1957
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Alma mater | University of Ghana |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Hajia Alima Mahama (born 17 November 1957, [1] Walewale,North East Region) is Ghana's first female ambassador to the US. [2] She is a lawyer and was from January 2005 to January 2009 Minister for the affairs of women and children in Ghana under President John Kufuor. [3] [4] She was also the Ghanaian Minister of Local Government and Rural Development,appointed to the office by President Nana Akuffo-Addo on 10 January 2017 to 7 January 2021. [5] Hajia Alima also served as the Member of Parliament for Nalerigu/Gambaga constituency and a member of the New Patriotic Party in the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic.
She was appointed Ambassador of Ghana to the United States in June 2021. [6]
Alima Mahama had her senior high school education at the Wesley Girls Senior High School,Cape Coast. [7] She continued her education at the University of Ghana where she earned a bachelor's degree in Law and Sociology. [8] At the Rutgers University and the University of Ottawa,she had her postgraduate degree in Public Policy and Development Planning and Administration. She has also earned a master's degree in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies,in the Netherlands. [9] [10] Hajia Mahama is a product of the Ghana School of Law and was called to the bar in 1982. [11]
She served in the government of John Agyekum Kufuor,firstly as the Minister for Women and Children Affairs,Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry,Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development between 2001 and 2008. [12] Alima Mahama contested the 2016 election on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and won with over 53% of the votes in Nalerigu/Gambaga constituency. [13]
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