Mahama Iddrisu

Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu
Minister for Defence
In office
January 1993 – February 1999
PresidentJerry Rawlings
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byLt. Col. E. K. T. Donkoh
Minister for Interior
In office
1 November 1996 – 20 February 1997
PresidentJerry Rawlings
Preceded byE. M. Osei-Wusu
Succeeded byNii Okaidja Adamafio
Secretary for Defence
In office
1985 – January 1993
PresidentJerry John Rawlings
Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council
Preceded byRear Adm. Chemogoh Kevin Dzang
Succeeded byNii Okaidja Adamafio
Secretary for Transport and Communications
In office
1983–1987
PresidentJerry John Rawlings
Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council
Succeeded byYaw Donkor
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
SpouseBetty Mould-Iddrisu
ProfessionBusinessman

Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu is a Ghanaian politician who was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council and a former Minister for Defence.[1][2] He is a founding member of the National Democratic Congress.[3][4] He is the longest-serving Minister of Defence of Ghana, serving from 1985 to 1999, for 14 years.[5]

  1. ^ "Iddrisu Mahama Joins Presidential Race". 17 July 2006. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ^ "We Won't Come! NDC Fights Police". DailyGuide Network. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  3. ^ Bob-Milliar, George M. (2012). "Party factions and power blocs in Ghana: a case study of power politics in the National Democratic Congress". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 50 (4): 573–601. doi:10.1017/S0022278X12000481. ISSN 0022-278X. JSTOR 41653734. S2CID 154111641.
  4. ^ "Divisions fatal for NDC – Mahama Iddrisu". GhanaWeb. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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