Ahmed Ibrahim is a Ghanaian politician born on 6 May 1974, in Banda Ahenkro in the Bono Region of Ghana. Ibrahim studied at the University of Ghana where he received a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Philosophy in 2001.He also earned a Master of Business Administration degree, with specialization in Finance from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration in 2019.

Ibrahim was the Chief Executive Officer of Flamingo Publications (Ghana) Limited.

Ibrahim began his political career in 2009 after being declared the winner of the 2008 General Elections for Tain constituency. He was then elected into the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana on January 7, 2009. After the completion of his first term in office, Ibrahim decided to run for another term in 2013 and defeated Joe Danquah to retain his seat.

A new District (Banda) was created out of Tain District, so Ahmed Ibrahim decided to contest on the ticket of NDC and he won the parliamentary primaries for Banda in 2015. He subsequently won this parliamentary seat during the 2016 general elections by getting 6,167 votes representing 52.03% against his opponent 5,660 votes representing 47.76%.

He won the 2024 election to be a member of parliament for the 9th parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. Ahmed Ibrahim was the longest serving Deputy Chief Whip in the history of Parliament of Ghana, a position he held for three consecutive times (from the 6^th to 8^th Parliament of the 4^th Republic).

Ibrahim was a member of the Special Budget Committee, a member of the Communications Committee, a member of the Local Government and Rural Development Committee, and a member of the Business Committee.

He is the currently the Minister for Local Government, Religious Affairs and Chieftaincy. Ahmed Ibrahim is a Christian and married with a child.

You can view the full list of the local government ministers since the inception of the 4th republic.