{{Short description|Ghanaian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Mahmud Khalid |image = <!--If this is specified, "image" should not be.--> |alt = |caption = |order = |office = Upper West Regional Minister |term_start = 2009 |term_end = 2010 |president = John Atta Mills |predecessor = George Hikah Benson |successor = Isaaku Saliah |constituency = Wa Central Constituency |majority = |birth_date = |birth_place = Wa, Upper West Region |death_date = |death_place = |birth_name = Khalid |party = National Democratic Congress |partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> |relations = |children = 3 |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = Teacher and Politician |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''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.
While he was in office, allegations of bias towards Ahmadi Muslims.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spyghana.com/the-politics-of-orthodox-and-ahmadiyya-muslims-in-wa/ |title=The Politics Of Orthodox And Ahmadiyya Muslims In Wa | accessdate=2013-01-07}}{{link risk}}</ref> Due to this, on 11 May 2010, he was dismissed by the President of Ghana, John Atta Mills. Khalid suggested members of his party lobbied for his dismissal.<ref name=khalid>{{cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=181898 |title=My dismissal was orchestrated by NDC executives - Khalid |accessdate=2010-08-07|date=2010-05-12 |work=General news |publisher=Ghana Home Page}}</ref> Alhaji Issaku Saliah, a former MP for Wa East was nominated as his replacement<ref>{{cite web |url=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 |title=Press Release-President Mills Nominates Upper West Regional Minister |accessdate=2010-08-07 |date=2010-07-06 |publisher=Government of Ghana |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202637/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 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and approved by parliament on 23 July 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=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 |title=Isaaku Salia approved as Upper West Regional Minister |accessdate=2010-08-07 |publisher=Accra Mail }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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==See also== *List of Mills government ministers *National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
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