Hon. Ras Mubarak | |
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![]() Ras Mubarak speaking at a YALI event in 2015 | |
Member of Parliament for Kumbungu Constituency | |
In office 7 January 2017 –January 2021 | |
Preceded by | Moses Amadu Yahaya |
Succeeded by | Hamza Adam |
Personal details | |
Born | Ras Mubarak 3 June 1979 Satani,Kumbungu |
Nationality | ![]() |
Political party | National Democratic Congress |
Alma mater | London School of Journalism University of Oslo |
Occupation | Journalist |
Ras Mubarak (born 3 June 1979) is a Ghanaian journalist,farmer,freelance media publicist,and politician. [1] He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He was the chief executive officer of the National Youth Authority (Ghana) [2] [3] from 2013 to 2016.
Ras Mubarak used to be a Reggae music Presenter at Ghana Broadcasting Corporation,where he worked both on radio and Television. [4] Ras Mubarak was the member of Parliament for Kumbungu (Ghana Parliament constituency) in the seventh Parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana. [5]
Ras Mubarak was born in Tamale,in the Northern Region of Ghana but hails from Satani,in the Kumbungu district where his great-grandfather was the Paramount Chief.
He holds a Diploma in Journalism from the London School of Journalism [6] in the year 2009 and Post Graduate Diploma(NIBS) in International Development Studies from the University of Oslo [6] Norway in the year 2010,and a Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration from the Nobel International Business School in Accra.
Ras Mubarak contested for the National Democratic Congress (Ghana) parliamentary nomination for Ablekuma North in 2011. [7] He won the nomination and subsequently represented the party in the 2012 general election as their Member of Parliament candidate. However,he lost the election to the New Patriotic Party Candidate. [8] He then proceeded to contest for the NDC Parliamentary slot in Kumbungu in 2015. [9] [10] He again won and contested for the Member of Parliament of Kumbungu (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Northern Region of Ghana for the 2016 Ghanaian general Election. [11] [12] [13] He won the parliamentary seat of Kumbungu constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana with 18,777 votes of the total votes representing 55. 03%. He won the election over Amadu Moses Yahaya of Convention people's party who polled 8,405 votes which is equivalent to 24. 63%,parliamentary candidate for New Patriotic Party Iddrisu Mutaru had 5,196 votes representing 15. 23%,Abukari Abdul Fatawu of PPP had 1,623 votes representing 4. 76% and parliamentary candidate for APC Mohammed Mutaru Sulemana polled 121 votes representing 0. 35% of the total votes. [14]
Ras Mubarak contested for the 2019 National Democratic Congress primaries but lost the election to Hamza Adam. [15] In May 2023,Mubarak made another attempt to represent his Party as its Parliamentary candidate for election 2024. He lost again to incumbent Hamza Adam. [16]
Ras Mubarak is a Muslim. [13] He has been married three times. [13] [17]