| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| Constituency Mp: | Kumbungu Constituency |
| Term Start: | 7 January 2017 |
| Term End: | January 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Moses Amadu Yahaya |
| Successor: | Hamza Adam |
| Birth Name: | Ras Mubarak |
| Birth Date: | 1979 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Satani, Kumbungu |
| Party: | National Democratic Congress |
| Nationality: |  Ghanaian |
| Alma Mater: | London School of Journalism University of Oslo |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
Ras Mubarak (born 3 June 1979) is a Ghanaian journalist, farmer, freelance media publicist, and politician.[1] He belongs to the National Democratic Congress. He was the chief executive officer of the National Youth Authority (Ghana)[2] [3] from 2013 to 2016.
Ras Mubarak used to be a Reggae music Presenter at Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, where he worked both on radio and Television.[4] Ras Mubarak was the member of Parliament for Kumbungu (Ghana Parliament constituency) in the seventh Parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana.[5]
Ras Mubarak was born in Tamale, in the Northern Region of Ghana but hails from Satani, in the Kumbungu district where his great-grandfather was the Paramount Chief.
He holds a Diploma in Journalism from the London School of Journalism[6] in the year 2009 and Post Graduate Diploma(NIBS) in International Development Studies from the University of Oslo Norway in the year 2010, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration from the Nobel International Business School in Accra.
Ras Mubarak contested for the National Democratic Congress (Ghana) parliamentary nomination for Ablekuma North in 2011.[7] He won the nomination and subsequently represented the party in the 2012 general election as their Member of Parliament candidate. However, he lost the election to the New Patriotic Party Candidate.[8] He then proceeded to contest for the NDC Parliamentary slot in Kumbungu in 2015.[9] [10] He again won and contested for the Member of Parliament of Kumbungu (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Northern Region of Ghana for the 2016 Ghanaian general Election.[11] [12] [13] He won the parliamentary seat of Kumbungu constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana with 18, 777 votes of the total votes representing 55. 03%. He won the election over Amadu Moses Yahaya of Convention people's party who polled 8, 405 votes which is equivalent to 24. 63%, parliamentary candidate for New Patriotic Party Iddrisu Mutaru had 5, 196 votes representing 15. 23%, Abukari Abdul Fatawu of PPP had 1, 623 votes representing 4. 76% and parliamentary candidate for APC Mohammed Mutaru Sulemana polled 121 votes representing 0. 35% of the total votes.[14]
Ras Mubarak contested for the 2019 National Democratic Congress primaries but lost the election to Hamza Adam.[15] In May 2023, Mubarak made another attempt to represent his Party as its Parliamentary candidate for election 2024. He lost again to incumbent Hamza Adam.[16]
Ras Mubarak is a Muslim. He is married with three wives.[17]