Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak

Hon. Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak
Member of Parliament for Asawase
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 April 2005
Preceded by	Dr. Gibril Adamu Mohammed
Majority	9,116
Minister for Youth and Sports
In office January 2009 – 25 June 2009
President	John Atta Mills
Preceded by	Nana Akomea
Succeeded by	position vacant
Personal details
Born	Akuse
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Profession	Teacher
Religion	Muslim
Forced to resign following findings of financial impropriety against him.

Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka is the Member of Parliament for Asawase in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He was the Minister for Youth and Sports in the Ghana government. He was requested by President Mills to proceed on leave while allegations of corruption against him were investigated.^[1] He however resigned from government following the acceptance by President Mills of the findings of the investigating committee.^[2]

Muntaka was born at Akuse in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He worked as a teacher. He later went into politics. He first entered the Parliament of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in 2005 when he won a by-election in the Asawase constituency with a majority of 11,142^[3] replacing the late Dr Gibrine also of the NDC who had won the seat in December 2004 with a majority of 4,474.^[4] The Ghana Center for Democractic Development deemed that this by-election was "fair and transparent, but not free from fear."^[5] He subsequently retained his seat in the Ghanaian parliamentary election held in December 2008.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Times: New twist to Mubarak saga". MyJoyOnline. 10 June 2009. http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/200906/31227.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
2. ^ "Embattled Sports Minister Muntaka resigns". General News of Friday, 26 June 2009 (Ghana Home Page). http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=164334. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
3. ^ "NDC wins Asawase bye-election". General News of Friday, 22 April 2005 (Ghana Home Page). http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=79855. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
4. ^ "NDC Silences Ruling Party In Asawase". Politics of Friday, 22 April 2005. Ghana Home Page. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=79852. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
5. ^ "Statement on the Thursday April 21 2005 Asawasi Constituency Parliamentary Bye-Election" (pdf). Ghana Center for Democractic Development. pp. page 3. http://www.cddghana.org/documents/STATEMENT%20ON%20ASAWASI%20BYE-ELECTION.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
6. ^ "Parliamentary Results Asawase (Ashanti Region)". Elections 2008 (Ghana Home Page). http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/election2008/parliament.constituency.php?ID=110. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 

See also

• Asawase constituency
• List of Mills government ministers

External links

• Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak on Parliament of Ghana website

Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by Gibril Adamu Mohammed	Member of Parliament for Asawase 2005 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Nana Akomea	Minister for Youth and Sports 2009	Succeeded by vacant

Persondata
Name	Mubarak, Muntaka Mohammed
Alternative names
Short description	Ghanaian MP for Asawase and a past Minister for Youth and Sports
Date of birth
Place of birth	Akuse
Date of death	Living
Place of death