Aliu Mahama
3rd Vice President of Ghana 4th Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 7, 2001
President	John Agyekum Kufuor
Preceded by	Professor Atta-Mills
Born	March 3, 1946 (1946-03-03) (age 61)  Yendi, Ghana
Political party	New Patriotic Party
Profession	Quantity surveyor
Religion	Muslim

Alhaji Aliu Mahama (born 3 March 1946) has been Vice-President of Ghana since 7 January 2001. Alhaji Aliu Mahama was born on 3rd March 1946 at Yendi in the Northern Region of Ghana.As a young man he studied at the Government Secondary School, Tamale from 1960-67 for his Ordinary and Advanced Level Certificates. He proceeded to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi from 1967-71 where he obtained the BSc degree in Building Technology. The Vice-President of Ghana is the second-highest executive official in the Ghanaian government. ... The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born in Kumasi December 8, 1938) is the current president of Ghana, since January 7, 2001. ... —Prof. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ghana. ... Yendi in relation to Accra. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Ghanese political parties ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Vice-President of Ghana is the second-highest executive official in the Ghanaian government. ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Alhaji Aliu Mahama started his working career at the Bolgatanga regional office of the State Construction Corporation as an Engineer/Construction from 1972-75.

He was promoted to Assistant Regional Manager and posted to the Koforidua Regional Office of the Corporation from 1975-76.He held the position of Regional Manager in charge of the Northern Region, Tamale from June 1976 - August 1982.

In 1982 he successfully established his own Civil Engineering and General Construction Firm - LIDRA Limited and became its Managing Director. He became the Chairman of the Northern Regional Contractors Association in 1996 until the December 2000 Elections and is an aluminus of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.

In order to sharpen and deepen his management and leadership skills, he obtained two certificates from the Institute in Project Planning and Management and in Leadership.

Alhaji Aliu Mahama has exceptional interest in Local Governance and Community Development. Accordingly he was Councillor, Yendi District Council in 1978, Assemblyman, Tamale Municipal Assembly in 1990, and was the Chairman of the Economic Development Committee of the Tamale-Louisville Sister State Committee.

He has been board member of several secondary schools in the Northern Region including the Tamale Polytechnic. In his leisure time, he loves reading, football and badminton. He is a founding member of the Real Tamale United Football Club.

Source

• "Biography - Alhaji Aliu Mahama" prowebghana.com