Aminu Amidu Sulemana was the Ghanaian ambassador to Egypt until he was appointed Upper West Regional Minister by President Mills in January 2012 following a cabinet reshuffle.
[5] He was appointed Minister for Roads and Highways by President Mahama in January 2013.
[6] Amidu was born on 20 October 1955 in Gyawia in the Upper West Region of Ghana.
[8] Amidu was re-elected into the second parliament of the fourth republic on 7 January 1997 after he was declared winner at the 1996 Ghanaian General Election having defeated Moses Dani Baah of the People's National Convention and Solomon Salia Nmangu of the New Patriotic Party.
[9] After years of serving as the ambassador to Egypt, Amidu decided to go back into parliament and became the standard bearer for the National Democratic Congress once again to represent his newly formed constituency Sissala West constituency.