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This is a list of the heads of state of Ghana, from the independence of Ghana in 1957 to the present day. [1] From 1957 to 1960 the head of state under the Constitution of 1957 was the queen of Ghana, Elizabeth II, who was also the monarch of other Commonwealth realms. [2] The monarch was represented in Ghana by a governor-general. [3]
In 1957, the Gold Coast Colony, the Ashanti Colony, the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast Protectorate and the British Togoland Trust Territory, became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations called Ghana. The Governor-General of Ghana served as the representative of the Queen of Ghana, whose formal title in ...
In 1957, he was appointed Governor-General of Ghana, a post he held until 1960, when Ghana became a Republic. He was later Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords between 1965 and 1976. He remained an active member of the House of Lords, speaking for the last time in July 1995, aged 88.
After Sarawak, he was the last governor of the Gold Coast (later Ghana), from August 1949 [5] until 1957, taking up residence in Fort Christiansborg. [7] On 12 February 1951, he authorised Kwame Nkrumah's release from imprisonment in James Fort. After independence, he was named the first Governor-General of Ghana in 1957.
The monarch's constitutional roles as head of state were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Ghana. The following governors-general held office: Charles Noble Arden-Clarke (6 March – 24 June 1957) William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (24 June 1957 – 1 July 1960) Following the creation of a republic by the 1960 Ghanaian ...
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The Government of Ghana was created as a parliamentary democracy, followed by alternating military and civilian governments in Ghana. In January 1993, military government gave way to the Fourth Republic after presidential and parliamentary elections in late 1992.
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