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They had originally been scheduled for 7 November 2016, [2] but the date was later rejected by Parliament. [1] Former foreign minister Nana Akufo-Addo of the opposition New Patriotic Party was elected President on his third attempt, defeating incumbent President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress .
^g Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo, MP for Shai-Osudoku constituency only stood for election in 2016 because her husband, who was the designated NDC parliamentary candidate, died prior to the election. The MP for Ayawaso West, Emmanuel Agyarko also died during the lifetime of this parliament and was replaced by his wife, Lydia Alhassan in the ...
Mahama became the President of Ghana following the sudden death of John Atta Mills on 24 July 2012. [29] He was sworn in by the Chief Justice of Ghana Georgina Wood later the same day. [30] A week after being sworn in as president, Mahama chose Kwesi Amissah-Arthur to be the vice president. [21]
Two months before the 2016 Ghanaian general election, Charlotte Osei, chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana announced that 13 presidential candidates, including Hassan Ayariga, had been disqualified from standing as presidential candidates in the December elections due to problems with the nomination documents they filed with the commission. [6]
[10] [11] Kwame Nkrumah who was then in prison on a three years sentence for sedition [12] was released from jail by Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, the Governor of the Gold Coast and invited in order to become the Leader of Government Business. [13] [14] His party, the Convention People's Party (CPP), won 34 of the 38 elected seats in the election ...
The 2016 allocated budget representing 150% and 482.5% higher than 2014 and 2015 budgets respectively is due to the Conduct of the 2016 General Elections. With respect to Compensation of Employees, an amount of GH¢20,193,101was expended in 2014, whilst in 2015, the actual expenditure stood at GH¢19,976,918, a decrease by GH¢216,183 ...
He contested re-election for a second term in the 2016 election, but lost to the New Patriotic Party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo. [8] This made him the first president in the history of Ghana to not have won a consecutive second term. [4] Mahama was again the NDC's candidate for president in the 2020 election, where he lost to Akufo-Addo.
The structure and the power of the judiciary are independent of the two other branches of government. The Judiciary of Ghana is responsible for interpreting, applying and enforcing the laws of Ghana, and exists to settle legal conflicts fairly and in a more competent way. [23] The Supreme Court of Ghana has broad powers of judicial review. It ...