Aliu Mahama | |
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4th President of Ghana (3rd Vice-President of the 4th Republic) | |
In office 7 January 2002 – 7 January 2009 | |
President | John Agyekum Kufuor |
Preceded by | John Atta Mills |
Succeeded by | John Dramani Mahama |
Personal details | |
Born | Yendi, Gold Coast (then a colony of the United Kingdom) | 3 March 1946
Died | 16 November 2012 Accra, Ghana | (aged 66)
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Spouse | Ramatu Aliu Mahama |
Relations | Imoru Egala (father-in-law) |
Profession | Quantity surveyor, civil engineer, contractor |
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.