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John Mahama

1958 - Today

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John Dramani Mahama ( ; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who has been the president of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), he served as president from 2012 to 2017. Mahama served as a Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi from 1997 to 2009 and served as Deputy Minister for Communication between 1997 and 1998 before becoming the substantive Minister for Communications in 1998. He then served as vice president under President John Atta Mills from 2009 to 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Mahama is the 3,144th most popular politician (up from 15,333rd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Ghana (up from 21st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ghanaian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Mahama ranks 3,144 out of 19,576. Before him are Anastasio Somoza García, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Lewis Strauss, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Theudebald, and Constans II. After him are Bartolomeo Eustachi, John, Duke of Berry, Louis Barthou, Joscelin II, Count of Edessa, Anastasia of Kiev, and Neriglissar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, John Mahama ranks 29. Before him are Bruce Dickinson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Bacon, Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor, Yoav Galant, and Keith Haring. After him are Boris Tadić, Jamal Khashoggi, Mark Milley, Alar Karis, Wong Kar-wai, and Kais Saied.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, John Mahama ranks 4 out of 162. Before him are Kofi Annan (1938), Kwame Nkrumah (1909), and Peter Turkson (1948). After him are John Atta Mills (1944), Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Marcel Desailly (1968), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Abedi Pele (1964), John Kufuor (1938), Jerry Rawlings (1947), and Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, John Mahama ranks 2. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah (1909). After him are John Atta Mills (1944), Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), John Kufuor (1938), Jerry Rawlings (1947), Clement Quartey (1938), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Hilla Limann (1934), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), and Fred Akuffo (1937).

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