Mahmud Khalid

Mahmud Khalid
Upper West Regional Minister
In office 2009–2010
President	John Atta Mills
Preceded by	George Hikah Benson
Succeeded by	Isaaku Saliah
Personal details
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress

Mahmud Khalid is a Ghanaian politician and a former Minister of State. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana) of Ghana. He served briefly as the Minister for the Upper West Region in the Mills government.

On 11 May 2010, Mahmud Khalid, the Upper West Regional Minister was dismissed by the President of Ghana, John Atta Mills. Khalid suggested members of his party lobbied for his dismissal.^[1] Alhaji Issaku Saliah, a former MP for Wa West was nominated as his replacement^[2] and approved by parliament on 23 July 2010.^[3]

References

1. ^ "My dismissal was orchestrated by NDC executives - Khalid". General news (Ghana Home Page). 2010-05-12. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=181898. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
2. ^ "Press Release-President Mills Nominates Upper West Regional Minister". Government of Ghana. 2010-07-06. http://ghana.gov.gh/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2634:press-release-president-mills-nominates-upper-west-regional-minister&catid=58:press-releases&Itemid=207. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 
3. ^ "Isaaku Salia approved as Upper West Regional Minister". Accra Mail. http://accra-mail.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19977:isaaku-salia-approved-as-upper-west-regional-minister&catid=69:politics&Itemid=226. Retrieved 2010-08-07. 

See also

• List of Mills government ministers
• National Democratic Congress (Ghana)

Political offices
Preceded by George Hikah Benson	Upper West Regional Minister 2009 – 2010	Succeeded by Isaaku Saliah

Persondata
Name	Khalid, Mahmud
Alternative names
Short description	Ghanaian Upper West Regional Minister
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	Living
Place of death