Edward Nasigre Mahama is a Ghanaian medical doctor and politician.
Education
Born in the village of Sumniboma (northern Ghana) in 1945, Mahama attended Nalerigu Primary and Middle School from 1953 to 1959. He then attended Secondary School in Tamale from 1961 to 1965. Later that year, he was admitted to the University of Ghana in Legon and graduated in 1972 with a medical degree.
Career
Mahama went back to Nalerigu as a medical doctor in September 1973 and four years later, he left Ghana to become an Obstetrics and Gynecology Physician in Chicago, Illinois. During this period, he was also a Clinical Instructor at Northwestern University. In 1990, Mahama was appointed a lecturer at the University of Ghana Medical School and consultant at Accra"s Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
He was elected a fellow of the West African College of Surgeons in 1994.
In 1996, running as presidential candidate of the People"s National Convention (PNC), he received 3.0% of the vote. He placed third out of four candidates, winning 1.9% of the vote.
Mahama was elected as the presidential candidate for the PNC for the December 7, 2008 presidential elections. Edward Mahama lost the position of Presidential Candidate of PNC to Hassan Ayariga in the run up to the Ghana General Elections of 2012.
After the defeat, Ayariga left the PNC to form another Party, the All People"s Congress American Power Conversion.
Politics
In preparation for the 2004 presidential election, the PNC and two other parties – Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE) and the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) formed an alliance known as the Grand Coalition and chose Mahama as its presidential candidate.