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John Dramani Mahama (first term)

4th President of 4th Republic

Tenure
24 July 2012 – 7 January 2017
Born
29 November 1958, Damongo (Savannah)
// Achievements

What they delivered for Ghana

  • Completed the 400MW Kpone Thermal Power Plant and other emergency power projects
  • Constructed 200+ Community Day SHS ('E-Block') schools nationwide
  • Launched the terminal 3 expansion of Kotoka International Airport
  • Oversaw Ghana's first-ever Supreme Court election petition verdict (2013) — NDC win upheld
// Controversies & scandals

Public-record allegations

Summaries of widely reported matters · not verdicts

  • 'Dumsor' — prolonged power-rationing crisis (2013-2015) — heavy political cost
  • Ford Expedition gift from a Burkinabè contractor — described as inappropriate by CHRAJ
  • GYEEDA / SADA / SUBAH judgement-debt scandals
  • Woyome continuing controversy
// End of tenure

Lost 2016 election to Nana Akufo-Addo — conceded and handed over peacefully on 7 January 2017.

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