Mahmud Khalid

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.

Mahmud Khalid
Upper West Regional Minister
In office 2009–2010
President	John Atta Mills
Preceded by	George Hikah Benson
Succeeded by	Isaaku Saliah
Constituency	Wa Central Constituency
Personal details
Born	Khalid Wa, Upper West Region
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Children	3
Profession	Teacher and Politician

While he was in office, allegations of bias towards Ahmadi Muslims.^[1] 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.^[2] Alhaji Issaku Saliah, a former MP for Wa East was nominated as his replacement^[3] and approved by parliament on 23 July 2010.^[4]