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
Ghana
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Early life and education
Mohammed Haroon was born on 12 September 1959. He attended the
University of Cape Coast.
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 election, incumbent Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress (NDC) was reelected in a single round, defeating John Kufuor ...
to
Ibrahim Adam
Ibrahim Adam is a Ghanaian politician and animal scientist. He was the member of parliament for the Choggo/Tishigu constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana between January 1997 and January 2001.
Education
Ibrahim holds a Bachelor of Scie ...
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
Convention People's Party
The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Conven ...
who obtained 20,801 of the votes cast which represented 29.10% of the share; Abubakr Al-Hassan of the
National Convention Party
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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 who obtained 1,394 votes which represented 2.00% and Abdul-Samed Muhtar of
National Convention Party
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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
Muslim
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References
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1959 births
People from Northern Region (Ghana)
Ghanaian MPs 1993–1997
Ghanaian educators
University of Cape Coast alumni
National Democratic Congress (Ghana) politicians
Living people
Ghanaian Muslims