Hon. Mahama Ayariga | |
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Member of Parliament for Bawku | |
Assumed office 7 January 2013 | |
Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation | |
In office 16 March 2015 – 7 January 2017 | |
President | John Dramani Mahama |
Succeeded by | Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng |
Minister for Youth and Sports | |
In office 16 July 2014 – 14 March 2015 | |
President | John Dramani Mahama |
Succeeded by | Mustapha Ahmed |
Minister for Information | |
In office 30 January 2013 – 16 July 2014 | |
President | John Dramani Mahama |
Succeeded by | (merged with Minister for Communications from 16 July 2014) Edward Omane Boamah |
Deputy Minister of Education | |
In office 16 February 2011 – 7 January 2013 | |
President | John Evans Atta Mills John Dramani Mahama |
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry | |
In office 2010–2011 | |
President | John Evans Atta Mills |
Member of Parliament for Bawku | |
In office 7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bawku, Ghana | 12 May 1974
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | National Democratic Congress |
Relations | Frank Abdulai Ayariga (father) Hassan Ayariga (brother) |
Education | University of Ghana Harvard Law School |
Profession | Lawyer |
Committees | Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Environment, Science and Technology Committee, Appointments Committee |
Mahama Ayariga (born 12 May 1974) is a lawyer and politician in Ghana. He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He was the Minister of Information and Media Relations and the Minister of Youth and Sports under the John Dramani Mahama administration. He is currently the Member of Parliament representing Bawku Central constituency of the Upper East Region of Ghana in the 4th, 6th and 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[1][2]