Aliu Mahama

Aliu Mahama
4th President of Ghana (3rd Vice-President of the 4th Republic)
In office 7 January 2002 – 7 January 2009
President	John Agyekum Kufuor
Preceded by	John Atta Mills
Succeeded by	John Dramani Mahama
Personal details
Born	(1946-03-03)3 March 1946 Yendi, Gold Coast (then a colony of the United Kingdom)
Died	16 November 2012(2012-11-16) (aged 66) Accra, Ghana
Political party	New Patriotic Party
Spouse	Ramatu Aliu Mahama
Relations	Imoru Egala (father-in-law)
Profession	Quantity surveyor, civil engineer, contractor

Alhaji Aliu Mahama (3 March 1946 – 16 November 2012) was a Ghanaian engineer and politician who was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. A member of the New Patriotic Party, he was Ghana's first Muslim Vice-President.