Umar Abdul Razark | |
Office: | Member of Ghanaian Parliament for Tolon Constituency |
Predecessor: | Alhaji Abdulai Salifu |
Successor: | Wahab Wumbei Suhuyini |
Term Start1: | 7 January 2005 |
Term End1: | 6 January 2013 |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1975 |
Birth Place: | Lungbunga, Northern Region Ghana) |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | National Democratic Congress |
Children: | 2 |
Alma Mater: | University for Development Studies |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Agriculturalist |
Umar Abdul Razak (born 1 October 1975) is a Ghanaian agriculturist and a former tutor at Tolon Senior High school.[1] He was also a member of parliament for the Tolon constituency of the Northern Region of Ghana.[2]
Abdul-Razak was born on October 1, 1975. He hails from Lungbunga in the Northern region of Ghana.He obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Renewable from the University for development studies.[3]
He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He was a member of the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana as a representative of the National Democratic Congress.[4] His political career began when he contested in the 2004 Ghanaian general election and obtained a total of 19, 123 votes thereby retaining the seat for the National Democratic Congress.[5] He contested for his seat again in the 2008 Ghanaian general election and won with a total of 17,356 votes making a total percentage of 50.02.[6] He lost in the 2012 Ghanaian general election to a candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Wahab Suhiyinu Wumbei.[7]
Razak belongs to the Islamic Religion (Muslim) and is married with two children.[8]