1. Mahamudu Bawumia was born on 7 October 1963 and is a Ghanaian politician and former central banker who served as the seventh vice president of Ghana from 7 January 2017 to 7 January 2025 under President Nana Akufo-Addo.
33 Facts About Mahamudu Bawumia
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Mahamudu Bawumia was the New Patriotic Party nominee for president in the 2024 general election.
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Mahamudu Bawumia holds a PhD in economics from Simon Fraser University.
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Mahamudu Bawumia is the twelfth of his father's 18 children and the second of his mother's five.
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Mahamudu Bawumia attended the Sakasaka primary school in Tamale and gained admission to Tamale Secondary School in 1975.
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Mahamudu Bawumia was president of the Ghana United Nations Students' Association in 1981.
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Mahamudu Bawumia took a First Class Honours Degree in economics at Buckingham University in 1987.
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Mahamudu Bawumia then obtained a master's degree in economics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and obtained a PhD in economics at the Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1995.
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From 1988 to 1990, Mahamudu Bawumia worked as a lecturer in monetary economics and international finance at the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy in London, England.
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Mahamudu Bawumia served as an economist at the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC Bawumia served as resident representative of the African Development Bank in Zimbabwe.
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Between 1996 and 2000, Mahamudu Bawumia served as an assistant professor of economics in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, USA, where he received a Young Researcher Award in 1998.
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Mahamudu Bawumia published two books on monetary policy and economic development.
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Mahamudu Bawumia returned to Ghana in 2000 to work as an economist at the Bank of Ghana.
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Mahamudu Bawumia rose from senior economist to head of department and subsequently served as special assistant to the governor of the bank.
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Shortly after the 2008 election, Mahamudu Bawumia resigned as deputy governor at the Bank of Ghana.
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Mahamudu Bawumia was running mate to the New Patriotic Party candidate in the 2008 elections, Nana Akufo-Addo.
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Mahamudu Bawumia served as a consultant to the Economic Commission of Africa between February and March 2009.
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Mahamudu Bawumia served as an advisor to the Central Bank of Sierra Leone on the redesigning of the organizational structure of the bank and its monetary policy framework.
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In January 2011, Mahamudu Bawumia was appointed resident representative of the African Development Bank for Zimbabwe by the African Development Bank.
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Mahamudu Bawumia served in this position until reappointed as the vice-presidential candidate to Nana Akufo-Addo on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for Ghana's 2012 presidential election.
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Mahamudu Bawumia was re-nominated as the Vice-Presidential Candidate to Nana Akufo-Addo for the 2012 General Elections in March 2012.
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On Friday, 16 June 2023, Mahamudu Bawumia filed his nomination to contest in the NPP Presidential primaries.
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Mahamudu Bawumia has been elected to lead the New Patriotic Party for Election 2024 as flagbearer.
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On Tuesday, 9 July 2024, Mahamudu Bawumia unveiled Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh as his running mate for the 2024 general elections.
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On 8 December 2024, Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat to former President John Mahama in an address to the media at his residence.
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Mahamudu Bawumia is married to Samira Mahamudu Bawumia and they have four children.
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Mahamudu Bawumia is a member of the Mabia ethnicity, shares same heritage with influential figures as Thomas Sankara, Alhassane Ouattara, Haruna Iddrisu, among others.
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Mahamudu Bawumia was named after Yaa Naa Mahamadu Bila, a king of Dagbon who ruled from 1948 to 1953.
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The name Mahamudu Bawumia means "They have heard" in Dagbanli and Gmampruli languages.
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In September 2021, Mahamudu Bawumia pledged GHS 1500 monthly stipend to Psalm Adjeteyfio to take care of his rent and upkeep.
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In May 2022, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia donated an amount of GHs 20,000.00 to a taxi driver who returned missing GHs 8,400.00 to the owner.
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In October 2021, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia celebrated his 58th birthday with inmates of the Weija Leprosarium.
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The Digital Ghana Agenda, led by the Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia has brought enormous transformation to the country, which include;.