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The Cabinet of Ghana is the Executive Branch of the Government of Ghana. The Cabinet members are appointed by the President and report to the President. The Cabinet is constituted in conformity with Article 76 (1) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. The Constitution enjoins the President to have a Cabinet of no fewer than 10 and not more than 19 ...
Article 76(1) of the 1992 Constitution states that, "There shall be a cabinet which shall consist of the President, the Vice President and not less than ten and not more than nineteen Ministers of State". [107] 2. ^Note 2 Sarah Adwoa Safo doubles as Deputy Majority Leader. 3. ^Note 3 A former Chief of Defense Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces.
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]
On 25 January 2010, President Mills conducted his first cabinet reshuffle. There were changes of ministers in 7 ministries and one change of regional minister. In all, four new ministers came into government including Alban Bagbin, the Majority Leader in parliament and his deputy, John Tia.
Prior to independence, Ghana was under colonial rule in various forms including direct or indirect British rule. On February 12, 1951, the first Ghanaian government or cabinet, dominated by native Ghanaians was formed in the run up to independence on March 6, 1957. since then, Ghana has had a mix of democratically elected governments as well as ...
The Cabinet of President Nana Akufo-Addo consists of the ministers of state appointed by Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo. The cabinet takes responsibility for making key government decisions in Ghana following the 2016 elections. The president announced his cabinet in May 2017. [1]
Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat a day after a tense presidential election, marking a historic political comeback for the opposition candidate, former leader John Mahama.
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.