Muhammad Mumuni
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Hon. Muhammad Mumuni |
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| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Kumbungu |
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Assumed office Jan 2013 |
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| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office Feb 2009 – January 6, 2013 |
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| President | John Atta Mills |
| Preceded by | Akwasi Osei-Adjei |
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| Born | 28 July 1949 |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Ghana |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Muhammad Mumuni (born 28 July 1949) is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He was reelected to Ghana's Parliament in the 7 December 2012 General Elections, when he won the Kumbungu Seat. Mumuni left parliament in 2004 when he became John Atta Mills' vice-Presidential running mate.
Muhammad Mumuni had his basic education at the Kumbungu Local Authority Primary School between 1955 and 1960. He then attended the Savelugu Local Authority Middle school from 1960 to 1962. His secondary education was at the Tamale Secondary School from 1962 to 1969. He proceeded to the University of Ghana for his LL.B (Hons). In October 1975, he obtained a Barrister at law qualification from the Ghana School of Law.
Mumuni first worked as a Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana between 1972 and 1974. He then became the National Service Co-ordinator (North) of the National Service Scheme of Ghana between 1975 and 1976. He worked as a Legal Officer at the Bank for Housing and Construction for the period 1976 to 1980. He was also a District Magistrate with the Judicial Service of Ghana between 1977 and 1980. In 1979, he served on the Local Government Grants Commission set up under the Third Republican constitution to allocate development resources to district and local councils in Ghana.
In 1980, he became founder and senior partner in the Yelinzo Law Chambers, a private law firm at Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana. He held this position till 1997. Between 1980 and 1982, he was the Chairman of the Western Dagomba District Council. During the era of the Provisional National Defence Council government, he was a member of the Northern Regional Consultative Assembly. Mumuni was the President of the Ghana Bar Association (Northern Region Branch) between 1992 and 1996. He was founder and chairman of Bonzali Rural Bank Limited between 1990 and 1995.
He was elected Assembly Member for the Yagrafong Electoral area in the Tolon–Kumbungu District Assembly and served for two terms as the presiding member of the assembly between 1992 and 1996.
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