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John Mahama

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Also known as JM, JDM

President of the Republic of Ghana

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John Dramani Mahama is a Ghanaian politician, historian, civil servant, and writer. Born in Damongo, Ghana, in 1958, he is a member of the National Democratic Congress. His academic background includes education at Achimota School, Ghana Senior High School, and the University of Ghana, where he earned a Doctor of Sciences degree. Mahama has served as the President of Ghana and previously held the position of Vice President of the Republic of Ghana.

He is a Christian with seven children and is married to Lordina Mahama. His field of work includes jurisprudence, and he has authored works such as *The coordinated programme of economic and social development policies, 2014-2020* and *My First Coup Detat Memories From The Lost Decades Of Africa*. Mahama was a candidate in the 2012, 2020, and 2024 Ghanaian general elections. He has received the Order of the Star of Ghana, the Order of the Volta, and the Pushkin Medal.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1958
Works
2

Top works

  • The coordinated programme of economic and social development policies, 2014-2020
  • My First Coup Detat Memories From The Lost Decades Of Africa
  • My first coup d'etat and other true stories from the lost decades of Africa

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,416x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,543x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,882x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,543x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,119x

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Quotes

  • “Nana, as this will be our final meeting under these circumstances, and as I look back on the journey we have traveled together, two much younger men entered Parliament together with a full head of black hair, and you with the same bald head and round eyeglasses, I have to say that you have, without exception, been a worthy opponent.”
  • “I feel greatly honored that you, my compatriots, considered me worthy of receiving such an unprecedented and overwhelming mandate to steer the affairs of our beloved nation at this critical time in our history.”

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Encyclopedic overview

John Dramani Mahama (/məˈhɑːmə/ ; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who has been the president of the Republic of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), he previously 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. Mahama took office as president when Mills died in office on 24 July 2012. Mahama is the first vice president to assume the presidency following the death of his predecessor, and is the first head of state of Ghana to have been born after Ghana's independence in 1957.

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