- Aliu Mahama
Infobox_President | name=Aliu Mahama
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order =3rdVice President of Ghana
4th Republic
term_start =January 7 ,2001
term_end =
vicepresident =
viceprimeminister=
deputy =
president =John Agyekum Kufuor
primeminister =
predecessor =Professor Atta-Mills
successor =
birth_date =birth date and age |1946|3|3
birth_place =flagicon|GHAYendi ,Ghana
death_date =
death_place =
constituency =
party =New Patriotic Party
spouse =
profession =Quantity surveyor
religion =Muslim
footnotes =|Alhaji Aliu Mahama (born
3 March 1946 ) has been Vice-President ofGhana since7 January 2001 .Mahama sought to become the candidate of the
New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2008 presidential election at the party's congress in December 2007, [ [http://www.myjoyonline.com/politics/200710/9795.asp "This is my time – Aliu Mahama"] , GNA (myjoyonline.com), October 24, 2007.] [http://www.modernghana.com/GhanaHome/NewsArchive/news_details.asp?id=VFZSVmVFMTZWVFU9&menu_id=1&sub_menu_id=0 "Aliu Mahama: I give up on politics"] , Modernghana.com, December 24, 2007.] but he received only 6.38% of delegates' votes (146 votes). After this defeat he said that he had not expected such a poor result and that he would leave politics.References
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NAME=Mahama, Aliu
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DATE OF BIRTH=March 3 ,1946
PLACE OF BIRTH=Yendi , Northern Region,Ghana
DATE OF DEATH=Living
PLACE OF DEATH=External links
* [http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6fc_1208724308 Vice President of Ghana Speaks at Concluding Session of Ahmadiyya Muslim Caliphate Centenary Convention]
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