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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 ...
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office.In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel was the Governor-General, and Nkrumah remained Prime Minister. On 6 March 1960, Nkrumah announced plans for a new constitution that would make Ghana a republic, headed by a president with broad executive and legislative powers. [153]
Amissah-Arthur was born at Cape Coast on 29 April 1951, [5] the capital of the Central Region of Ghana, at the time organized as British Gold Coast Colony. [6] His mother, Effie Amissah-Arthur is from the Hutchful family while his father, Jabesh Richmond P. Amissah-Arthur, an educator was from the Amissah-Arthur family and served as the second and longest serving headmaster of the Oda ...
His first term in government was when he inherited the government of President John Atta Mills who died in office in 2012. [1] [2] Mahama has remained as the leader of the National Democratic Congress since the death of Atta Mills. After winning the 2012 Ghanaian general election, he got to form his own government. [3]
This was because when President Mills died, his vice-president, John Mahama, took over as president. Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, the then Governor of the Bank of Ghana, was confirmed by the Parliament of Ghana as vice-president of Ghana, creating a vacancy in the Bank's leadership. [8] On 4 April 2013, he was sworn in as the substantive Governor of ...
The president of the Republic of Ghana is the elected head of state and head of government of Ghana, as well as commander-in-chief of the Ghana Armed Forces. The current president of Ghana is John Mahama, who won the 2024 presidential election against then vice president, Mahamudu Bawumia, by a margin of 14.94%. He was sworn into office on 7 ...