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Alhaji Aliu Mahama (3 March 1946 – 16 November 2012) was a Ghanaian politician, quantity surveyor, civil engineer and contractor who was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He sought the New Patriotic Party's nomination for the 2008 presidential election,〔("This is my time – Aliu Mahama" ), GNA (myjoyonline.com), October 24, 2007.〕 but at the party's convention in December 2007, he was unsuccessful having obtained only 6% or 146 votes of total delegate ballot cast. He retired from politics after his tenure as the deputy Ghanaian leader. He was Ghana's first Muslim Vice-President.〔 There were rumours of his death on 14 November 2012 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital but the story was quickly denied the same day by his family and hospital authorities.〔(Korle-Bu Hospital CEO Denies Aliu Mahama Is Dead | Social | Peacefmonline.com )〕〔(Korle-Bu Hospital CEO denies Aliu Mahama is dead | Local News )〕 He eventually died at the same hospital on 16 November 2012 at the age of 66 from a heart-related condition and complications from a stroke. He died almost 4 months after Ghanaian President John Atta Mills died.〔(Aliu Mahama Is Dead- Korle Bu Confirms )〕〔(Aliu Mahama Died Of Stroke - Kufuor | Politics | Peacefmonline.com )〕〔(Aliu Mahama died of stroke - Kufuor )〕 A state funeral, attended by hundreds, was held for him on 18 November 2012 per Islamic funeral prayer rites (Janaza) at the Independence Square in the Ghanaian capital, Accra〔(Funeral Prayer Service For Late Aliu Mahama Underway In Accra - ModernGhana.com )〕 In addition, he was accorded ceremonial military honours including an army procession accompanying the cortège and a 19-gun salute usually given to departed Vice-Presidents.〔(Hundreds attend Aliu Mahama’s funeral in Accra | General News 2012-11-18 )〕 His body was later flown in a Ghana Air Force jet to Tamale in the Northern Region for burial at his private residence.〔(Confirmed: Aliu Mahama to be buried in Tamale Today | General News 2012-11-18 )〕 An ethnic Dagomba, Alhaji Aliu Mahama as a young man studied at the Government Secondary School in Tamale from 1960 to 1967 for his Ordinary and Advanced Level Certificates. He proceeded to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi from 1967 to 1971 where he obtained the B.Sc. in Building Technology. He started his working career at the Bolgatanga regional office of the State Construction Corporation as an Engineer/Construction from 1972 to 1975. He was promoted to Assistant Regional Manager and posted to the Koforidua Regional Office of the Corporation from 1975 to 1976. He held the position of Regional Manager in charge of the Northern Region, Tamale from June 1976 to 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. Alhaji Aliu Mahama was also an Alumnus of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). 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 had exceptional interest in Local Governance and Community Development. Accordingly, he was Councilor, Yendi District Council in 1978 and Assemblyman, Tamale Municipal Assembly in 1990. He was the Chairman of the Economic Development Committee of the Tamale-Louisville Sister State Committee. He was a board member of several Secondary Schools in the Northern Region including the Tamale Polytechnic.〔(Confirmed: Former VEEP Aliu Mahama Dead | Politics | Peacefmonline.com )〕 He also served as a Board member of the Ghanaian Premier League side, Real Tamale United where he was a founding member.〔(Ghana football mourns Alhaji Aliu Mahama | GFA )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aliu Mahama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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