Ibrahim Mahama is a Ghanaian lawyer, and civil servant.

Mahama is born in Tibung (a town close to Tamale) in the Northern Territories of the then Gold Coast in 1936.

[2][4] Following his studies at the University of Ghana, Mahama worked as a private legal practitioner at the Law Chambers in Accra.

[7] He was succeeded by Alhaji Abubakar Alhassan of the Social Democratic Front (SDF) in the 1979 Ghanaian general election.

Mahama's hobbies included swimming, debating, watching football, photography and current affairs.