Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia was a Ghanaian politician, lawyer and the paramount chief of Kperiga in the then Northern region of Ghana.[1] He was chairman of the council of state in the 4th republic from 1993 to 2000.

Career

Bawumia was a member of the national assembly of Ghana from 1951 to 1966. He served as clerk to the district council of Mamprusi and then to the Mamprusi state council. He was member of the Northern People's Party and later the United Party.[2] He defected away from the United Party whilst still in parliament and cross-carpeted to the Convention People's Party in 1958.[3] After this, he served in a number of ministerial roles in the governments of Kwame Nkrumah. He was minister for works and housing, special development commissioner for development of Accra, deputy minister, northern regional minister and then a local government minister.

He was selected to be chief of Kperiga in present-day West Mamprusi District of the North East Region of Ghana. In 1978, he was made interim chairman of the management committee of the Cocoa Marketing Board. In 1988, the PNDC government appointed him as Ghana's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He was elected chairman of the Council of State from 1993 to 2000, thus becoming the first chairman of the council of state in the 4th Ghanaian Republic. His son Mahamudu Bawumia is the Vice-President of Ghana.[4][5]

Mumuni Bawumia died in September 2002.[2]

Personal life

He was married to Mariama Bawumia (1939-2021). They had five children together, including Mahamudu Bawumia,[6][7][8] although Mumuni Bawumia had offspring by other consorts.[9][1]

References

  1. 1 2 "H.E Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia | Ministry of Communications". www.moc.gov.gh. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  2. 1 2 "Who is Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia?". Modern Ghana. Accra Ghana. The Statesman. 15 August 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Dennis Austin (1976). Ghana Observed: Essays on the Politics of a West African Republic. Manchester University Press. pp. 199. ISBN 9780841902787.
  4. ↑ Grischow, Jeff (May 2007). "Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia, A Life in Political History: memoirs of Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia. Accra: Ghana Universities Press (pb £17.95 – 9964 3 0335 1). 2004, 279 pp (distributed by the African Books Collective Ltd, Oxford)". Africa. 77 (2): 302–303. doi:10.3366/afr.2007.77.2.302. ISSN 1750-0184. S2CID 145166780.
  5. ↑ "Mahamudu Bawumia, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Aklorbortu, Priscilla (2021-09-13). "Mariama Bawumia: Mother of Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia dead". Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  7. ↑ "H.E Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia | Ministry of Communications". www.moc.gov.gh. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  8. ↑ "Bawumia turns 56 today". www.classfmonline.com. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  9. ↑ Aklorbortu, Priscilla (13 September 2021). "Mariama Bawumia: Mother of Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia dead". Yen.com.gh. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
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