Mohammed Haroon (also Ahaji Mohammed Haroon) is a Ghanaian politician and a teacher. He served as a member of the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana for Chogu-Tishigu constituency in the Northern Region of

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Early life and education

Mohammed Haroon was born on 12 September 1959. He attended the

University of Cape Coast The University of Cape Coast (UCC) is a public collegiate university located in the historic town of Cape Coast in the central region of Ghana. The campus has a rare seafront and sits on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It operates on two ...

Politics

Mohammed Haroon was elected during the

1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 December 1992, the first since 1979. Voter turnout was just 28.1% amidst a boycott by opposition parties, who had claimed the preceding presidential elections in November – won by former military ...

on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He lost the seat in

1996 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 1996. In the presidential elections, incumbent Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress (NDC) was re-elected in a single round, defeating John Kufu ...

to Ibrahim Adam of the National Democratic Congress who won the seat with 22,368 votes which represented 31.30% of the share by defeating Mohammed A. Sadique of

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who obtained 20,801 of the votes cast which represented 29.10% of the share; Abubakr Al-Hassan of the

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who obtained 5,020 votes which represented 7.00%; Faiz Aouni Moutrage an Independent who obtained 1,744 votes which represented 2.40%; Iddrisu Hudu of People's National Convention who obtained 1,738 votes which represented 2.40%; Al-Hassan Wayo Seini of the

New Patriotic Party The New Patriotic Party (NPP; ) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian ...

who obtained 1,394 votes which represented 2.00% and Abdul-Samed Muhtar of

who obtained 461 votes which represented 0.60%.

Career

Mohammed Haroon was a former member of the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana for Chogu-Tishigu constituency from 7 January 1993 to 7 January 1997, He is a teacher.

Personal life

He is a

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haroon, Mohammed 1959 births Politicians from Northern Region (Ghana) Ghanaian MPs 1993–1997 Ghanaian educators University of Cape Coast alumni National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians Living people Ghanaian Muslims