Rashid Bawa is a Ghanaian politician, diplomat, and Ghana's ambassador to Nigeria. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and Ghana's ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Between 7 January 2001 and 6 January 2005, he was a member of parliament for Akan Constituency and an independent candidate.

Rashid Bawa served as an independent candidate in the 3rd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana and was elected as a member of parliament for the Akan constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. His constituency was the second independent candidate to win the election in the Volta Region.

He surpassed John K. Gyapong of the National Democratic Congress, Kofi Asiedu-Mensah of the New Patriotic Party, Gibson-Godfried Akromah of the Convention People's Party, and Peter K.E. Ansah of the National Reformed Party.

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