List of heads of state of Ghana
list of heads of state of Ghana
Dis be list of de heads of state of Ghana, from de independence of Ghana for 1957 insyd to de present day.[1]
| Portrait | N | Name |
Term of office | Political party | |
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| Took office | Left office | ||||
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Kwame Nkrumah | 6 March 1957 | 1 July 1960 | Convention People's Party | |
| Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (First Republic: 1960–1966) | |||||
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Kwame Nkrumah |
1 July 1960 | 24 February 1966 |
Convention People's Party | |
| Presidents as Head of State (Second Republic: 1966–1972) | |||||
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Joseph Ankrah | 24 February 1966 | 2 April 1969 | Military | |
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Akwasi Afrifa | 2 April 1969 | 7 August 1970 | Military | |
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Nii Amaa Ollennu | 7 August 1970 | 31 August 1970 | Independent | |
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Edward Akufo-Addo |
31 August 1970 | 13 January 1972 | Independent | |
| Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913–1978) (Prime Minister & Acting Presido) |
1 October 1969 | 13 January 1972 (Deposed in a coup d'état) |
Progress Party | ||
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Ignatius Kutu Acheampong |
13 January 1972 | 5 July 1978 | Military | |
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Fred Akuffo | 5 July 1978 | 4 June 1979 | Military | |
| Presidents as Head of State (Third Republic: 1979–1981) | |||||
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Jerry Rawlings | 4 June 1979 | 24 September 1979 | Military | |
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Hilla Limann | 24 September 1979 | 31 December 1981 | People's National Party | |
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Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson | 30 December 1981 | 31 December 1981 | ||
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Jerry Rawlings | 31 December 1981 | 7 January 1993 | Military | |
| Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (Fourth Republic: since 1993) | |||||
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Jerry Rawlings | 7 January 1993 | 7 January 2001 | National Democratic Congress | |
| Ekow Nkensen Arkaah | 2 May 1994 | 10 May
1994 |
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Jerry Rawlings | 10 May
1994 |
7 January 2001 | ||
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John Atta Mills | 7 January 2000 | 7 January 2000 | ||
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Jerry Rawlings | 7 January 2000 | 7 January 2001 | ||
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John Kufuor | 7 January 2001 | 7 January 2009 | New Patriotic Party | |
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Aliu Mahama | 7 January 2008 | 7 January 2008 | ||
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John Kufuor | 7 January 2008 | 7 January 2009 | ||
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John Atta Mills | 7 January 2009 | 24 July 2012 | National Democratic Congress | |
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John Mahama | 24 July 2012 | 7 January 2017 | National Democratic Congress | |
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Kwesi Amissah-Arthur | 6 August 2012 | 31 August
2012 |
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John Mahama | 31 August
2012 |
7 January 2017 | ||
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Nana Akufo-Addo | 7 January 2017 | 7 January 2018 | New Patriotic Party | |
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Mahamudu Bawumia | 7 January
2018 |
7 January
2018 |
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Nana Akufo-Addo | 7 January
2018 |
Incumbent | ||
| Aaron Mike Oquaye | 18 January
2018 |
25 January
2018 |
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| Nana Akufo-Addo | 25 January | Incumbent | |||
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of governors of the Gold Coast
- Lists of office-holders
- President of Ghana
- Vice-President of Ghana
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Independence, Coups, and the Republic, 1957–present", The Ghana Reader, Duke University Press, pp. 299–300, 2016, doi:10.1215/9780822374961-060, ISBN 978-0-8223-7496-1