The Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia is 54 years today.
Born in Tamale in 1963 to Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia and Hajia Mariama Bawumia, Dr Bawumia is from Kperiga in the Walewale Constituency of the Northern Region.
His father, Alhaji Bawumia served under various Ghanaian governments in various capacities, including the member of the Northern Territories Council, the Gold Coast Legislative Assembly, a Member of Parliament of the First Republic, Northern Regional Minister, and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
After graduating from Tamale Secondary School in 1982, he went to the United Kingdom where he studied banking and obtained the Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (ACIB). He took a First Class Honours Degree in Economics at Buckingham University in 1987. He 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.Â
Before becoming the Vice President of Ghana, Dr Bawumia had been an accomplished scholar winning the prestigious award and had worked as the lecturer, economist and a banker.
He is married to Samira (nee Ramadan) with whom he has four children.
Her Excellency the Second Lady Samira Bawumia wrote on Facebook in the early hours of today wish and show her husband love saying "Happy Birthday My Sweetheart! May you continue to be a blessing to our family and our dear nation Ghana. The kids and I love you very much"
