Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia : Biography, Early Life and Education

 Mahamudu Bawumia (born 7 October 1963) 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.

 He was the New Patriotic Party (NPP) nominee for president in the 2024 general election

He also ran as the NPP vice-presidential candidate in the 2012 general elections and was the lead witness for the petitioners in the 2012/2013 Presidential Election Petition, which challenged the declaration of John Mahama as winner of the election.

He holds a PhD in Economics from Simon Fraser University.

Early life and education

A member of Mamprusi people, Bawumia was born in Tamale Ghana, to Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia and Hajia Mariama Bawumia. He is the twelfth of his father's 18 children and the second of his mother's five children.

Mahamudu Bawumia attended the Sakasaka primary school in Tamale[19] and gained admission to Tamale Secondary School in 1975.

 After graduating from Tamale Secondary School, he went to the United Kingdom, where he studied banking and obtained the Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (ACIB). He was the president of the Ghana United Nations Students' Association (GUNSA) in 1981.

 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. 

His areas of specialization include macroeconomics, international economics, development economics and monetary policy. He has numerous publications.