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He was selected to be chief of Kperiga in present-day West Mamprusi District of the North East Region of Ghana. In 1978, he was made interim chairman of the management committee of the [[Ghana Cocoa Board|Cocoa Marketing Board]]. In 1988, the [[PNDC]] government appointed him as Ghana's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He was elected chairman of the [[Council of State (Ghana)|Council of State]] from 1993 to 2000, thus becoming the first chairman of the council of state in the 4th Ghanaian Republic. His son [[Mahamudu Bawumia]] is the [[Vice-President of Ghana]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Grischow|first=Jeff|date=May 2007|title=Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia, A Life in Political History: memoirs of Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia. Accra: Ghana Universities Press (pb £17.95 – 9964 3 0335 1). 2004, 279 pp (distributed by the African Books Collective Ltd, Oxford).|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/africa/article/alhaji-mumuni-bawumia-a-life-in-political-history-memoirs-of-alhaji-mumuni-bawumia-accra-ghana-universities-press-pb-1795-9964-3-0335-1-2004-279-pp-distributed-by-the-african-books-collective-ltd-oxford/AD9926605229A9574A0F12D291F9A818|journal=Africa|language=en|volume=77|issue=2|pages=302–303|doi=10.3366/afr.2007.77.2.302|issn=1750-0184|s2cid=145166780}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mahamudu Bawumia, Biography |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/person/Mahamudu-Bawumia-1188 |website=www.ghanaweb.com |access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref>
Bawumia's father, Alhaji [[Mumuni Bawumia]] was a teacher, lawyer and politician, a [[Mamprusi people|Mamprugu]] Royal and Chief of the Kperiga Traditional Area at the time of his death in September 2002.
Mumuni Bawumia died in September 2002.<ref name="whos is bawumia"/>▼
He was a founding member of the [[Northern People's Party|Northern Peoples' Party]] alongside Chief [[S. D. Dombo]], Chief [[Abeifaa Karbo|Abeifa Karbo]], [[Yakubu Tali]], the Tolon Naa, and J. A. Braimah, Kabachewura.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grischow |first=Jeff |date=May 2007 |title=Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia, A Life in Political History: memoirs of Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia. Accra: Ghana Universities Press, 2004 (distributed by the African Books Collective Ltd, Oxford) |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/africa/article/alhaji-mumuni-bawumia-a-life-in-political-history-memoirs-of-alhaji-mumuni-bawumia-accra-ghana-universities-press-pb-1795-9964-3-0335-1-2004-279-pp-distributed-by-the-african-books-collective-ltd-oxford/AD9926605229A9574A0F12D291F9A818 |journal=Africa |language=en |volume=77 |issue=2 |pages=302–303 |doi=10.3366/afr.2007.77.2.302 |issn=1750-0184 |s2cid=145166780}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mahamudu Bawumia, Biography |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/person/Mahamudu-Bawumia-1188 |access-date=20 July 2023 |website=ghanaweb}}</ref>
The Northern Peoples Party, together with the [[National Liberation Movement (Ghana)|National Liberation Movement]] and other opposition political parties, later merged into the United Party, the forebear of the current New Patriotic Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2014 |title=The NPP Has No Roots In The Northern Peoples Party At All |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/The-NPP-Has-No-Roots-In-The-Northern-Peoples-Party-At-All-308062 |access-date=19 July 2023 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref>
Alhaji Bawumia served under various Ghanaian governments in various capacities, including member of the Northern Territories Council, the Gold Coast Legislative Assembly, a Member of Parliament of the First Republic, Northern Regional Minister, and Ambassador to [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 November 2001 |title=Autobiography of Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia Launched |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Autobiography-of-Alhaji-Mumuni-Bawumia-Launched-66530 |access-date=2 February 2020 |website=ghanaweb. |language=en}}</ref>
Alhaji Bawumia was awarded the high national honour of Member of the Order of the Star of Ghana in March 1999. He served as chairman of the [[Council of State (Ghana)|Council of State]], under the presidency of [[Jerry Rawlings|J. J. Rawlings]] from, 1993 to 2000 in the 4th republic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=H.E Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia | Ministry of Communications |url=https://www.moc.gov.gh/he-alhaji-dr-mahamudu-bawumia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128101848/https://www.moc.gov.gh/he-alhaji-dr-mahamudu-bawumia |archive-date=28 November 2019 |access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maclean |first=George Awiadem |date=17 June 2021 |title=Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Biography, Age, Parents, Wife Samira, Children |url=https://www.biegyanation.com/celebrities/mahamudu-bawumia/ |access-date=19 July 2023 |website=Biegya Nation |language=en-US}}</ref>
In September 2021, his mother, Hajia Mariama Bawumia, died in [[Accra]], at age 81, and was buried later beside her husband in Kperiga, near [[Walewale]] in the Northeast Region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2021 |title=Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia loses mother - MyJoyOnline.com |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/vice-president-mahamudu-bawumia-loses-mother/ |access-date=13 September 2021 |website=myjoyonline. |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=MyNewsGH |date=13 September 2021 |title=BREAKING News: Mother of Bawumia Hajia Mariama dead |url=https://www.mynewsgh.com/breaking-news-mother-of-bawumia-hajia-mariama-dead/ |access-date=13 September 2021 |website=MyNewsGh |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2021 |title=Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia's mother dies at 81 |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2021/09/vice-president-mahamudu-bawumias-mother-dies-at-81/ |access-date=13 September 2021 |website=Citinewsroom |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Peace FM |title=Veep Dr. Bawumia's Mother Passes Away |url=https://peacefmonline.com/pages/politics/politics/202109/451896.php |access-date=13 September 2021 |website=Peacefmonline}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
He was married to Mariama Bawumia (1939-2021). They had five children together, including Mahamudu Bawumia,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aklorbortu|first=Priscilla|date=2021-09-13|title=Mariama Bawumia: Mother of Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia dead|url=https://yen.com.gh/194112-mariama-bawumia-mother-vice-president-mahamadu-bawumia-dead.html|access-date=2021-09-13|website=Yen.com.gh - Ghana news.|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=H.E Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia {{!}} Ministry of Communications|url=https://www.moc.gov.gh/he-alhaji-dr-mahamudu-bawumia|access-date=2021-09-13|website=www.moc.gov.gh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-07|title=Bawumia turns 56 today|url=https://www.classfmonline.com/news/general/Bawumia-turns-56-today-7399|access-date=2021-09-13|website=www.classfmonline.com|language=en}}</ref> although Mumuni Bawumia had offspring by other consorts.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aklorbortu|first=Priscilla|date=13 September 2021|title=Mariama Bawumia: Mother of Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia dead|url=https://yen.com.gh/194112-mariama-bawumia-mother-vice-president-mahamadu-bawumia-dead.html|access-date=13 September 2021|website=Yen.com.gh|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
== Death ==
▲Mumuni Bawumia died in September 2002.<ref name="whos is bawumia" />
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