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List of heads of state of Ghana

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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
Took office Left office
Kwame Nkrumah 6 March 1957 1 July 1960 Convention People's Party
Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (First Republic: 1960–1966)
Kwame Nkrumah
 1 July 1960 24 February 1966
 Convention People's Party
Presidents as Head of State (Second Republic: 1966–1972)
Joseph Ankrah 24 February 1966 2 April 1969 Military
Akwasi Afrifa 2 April 1969 7 August 1970 Military
Nii Amaa Ollennu 7 August 1970 31 August 1970 Independent
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
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
 13 January 1972 5 July 1978 Military
Fred Akuffo 5 July 1978 4 June 1979 Military
Presidents as Head of State (Third Republic: 1979–1981)
Jerry Rawlings 4 June 1979 24 September 1979 Military
Hilla Limann 24 September 1979 31 December 1981 People's National Party
Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson 30 December 1981 31 December 1981
Jerry Rawlings 31 December 1981 7 January 1993 Military
Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (Fourth Republic: since 1993)
Jerry Rawlings 7 January 1993 7 January 2001 National Democratic Congress
Ekow Nkensen Arkaah 2 May 1994 10 May

1994
Jerry Rawlings 10 May

1994

 7 January 2001
John Atta Mills 7 January 2000 7 January 2000
Jerry Rawlings 7 January 2000 7 January 2001
John Kufuor 7 January 2001 7 January 2009 New Patriotic Party
Aliu Mahama 7 January 2008 7 January 2008
John Kufuor 7 January 2008 7 January 2009
John Atta Mills 7 January 2009 24 July 2012 National Democratic Congress
John Mahama 24 July 2012 7 January 2017 National Democratic Congress
Kwesi Amissah-Arthur 6 August 2012 31 August

2012
John Mahama 31 August

2012

 7 January 2017
Nana Akufo-Addo 7 January 2017 7 January 2018 New Patriotic Party
Mahamudu Bawumia 7 January

2018

 7 January

2018
Nana Akufo-Addo 7 January

2018

 Incumbent
Aaron Mike Oquaye 18 January

2018

 25 January

2018
Nana Akufo-Addo 25 January Incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "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
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