Jerry Rawlings no relation Minister for Foreign Affairs
Politics
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.
In the December 1996 parliamentary election, he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kumbungu constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress and retained his seat in the December 2000 parliamentary election. He was thus MP for two terms spanning January 1997 to January 2001. He also served in the NDC government of Jerry Rawlings as the Minister for Employment and Social Welfare during the second term of his government, ending in January 2001.
Mumuni was the running mate of John Atta Mills in the 2004 Ghanaian presidential election. In February 2009, he was appointed by President Mills as the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, a position he continued to hold till 6 January 2013 when a new political cycle began.
Mumuni was reported to have been nominated for the First Deputy Speaker of parliament position but refused. He however denied this stating that no offer was made to him.
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