List of heads of state of Ghana
Dis na di list of di heads of stet of Ghana, fom di independence of Ghana for 1957 insaid rish present dey."Independence, Coups, an di Repoblik, 1957–present".
Fom 1957 rish 1960 di head of stet onda di konstitushon of 1957 Wen di Queen of Ghana, Elizabeth ii, wey bi di Queen of di United Kingdom an oda Commonwealth wey dey onda. Na one big pesin dey stan for am in Ghana by govnor general. Ghana bi repoblik onda di Commonwealth onda di konstitushon of 1960 an di dem reples govnor genral by exekutiv president.
Monarch (1957–1960)
[chenj-am | chenj-am for orijin]As dem tek reples am for throne na di sem as di dem tek replez di British throne
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Reign | Royal House | Prime minister | ||
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Reign start | Reign end | Duration | |||||
1 | ![]() |
Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022) |
6 March 1957 | 1 July 1960 | Templet:Ayd | Windsor | Nkrumah |
Govnor-general
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Di govnor-general bi di representative of di monarch in Ghana an uze most of di pawa of di monarch. Di govnor-general dey for partikular term, sarf onda di monarch. Since Ghana don get independence by di Ghana Independence Act 1957, dem no fest stat as a semi-autonomous Dominion an leta rish independence by di [[Statute of Westminster 19 goveial govnor, wey sarf as governor-general temporaril i replez am wit William Hare. Wen nobodi dey chief justicesarf as officer administering the government.
- Status
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Monarch | Prime minister | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | ![]() |
Sir Charles Arden-Clarke (1898–1962) |
6 March 1957 | 14 May 1957 | Templet:Ayd | Elizabeth II | Nkrumah |
– | ![]() |
Sir Kobina Arku Korsah (1894–1967) |
14 May 1957 | 13 November 1957 | Templet:Ayd | ||
2 | ![]() |
The Earl of Listowel (1906–1997) |
13 November 1957 | 1 July 1960 | Templet:Ayd |
Fest repoblik (1960 - 1966)
[chenj-am | chenj-am for orijin]Onda di konstitushon of 1960, wey bi Di fest konstitushon of Ghana, di president go replez di monarch as exekutiv head of stet. Di president go uze 5 years term. Wen nobodi dey three memba for di kabinet go sarf togeda as president
- Political parties
- Symbols
Templet:Note label Constitutional referendum
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:white;" | 1 | ![]() |
Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972) |
1960 Templet:Text |
1 July 1960 | 26 February 1966 (Deposed in a coup) |
Templet:Ayd | CPP |
Militiri rol
[chenj-am | chenj-am for orijin]Lieutenant-General Joseph Arthur Ankrah led a coup d'état wey komot President Nkrumah an govmet, hol politika parti an parliament sef no dey.
Oda facshons
[chenj-am | chenj-am for orijin]- Other factions
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:black;" | 2 | ![]() |
Lieutenant-General Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915–1992) Chairman of the NLC |
24 February 1966 | 2 April 1969 (Resigned) |
Templet:Ayd | Military |
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:black;" | 3 | ![]() |
Brigadier Akwasi Afrifa (1936–1979) Chairman of the NLC |
2 April 1969 | 3 September 1969 | Templet:Ayd |
Sekond repoblik
[chenj-am | chenj-am for orijin]Oda facshons .Militiri . Independent Other factions Templet:Legend Templet:Legend
- Status
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:black;" | (3) | ![]() |
Brigadier Akwasi Afrifa (1936–1979) Chairman of the Presidential Commission |
— | 3 September 1969 | 7 August 1970 | Templet:Ayd | Military | Busia |
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:black;" | – | ![]() |
Nii Amaa Ollennu (1906–1986) |
— | 7 August 1970 | 31 August 1970 | Templet:Ayd | Independent | |
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:black;" | 4 | ![]() |
Edward Akufo-Addo (1906–1979) |
— | 31 August 1970 | 13 January 1972 (Deposed in a coup) |
Templet:Ayd | Independent |
Sekond Repoblik
[chenj-am | chenj-am for orijin]Oda facshons . Militiri
. Independent
Status
- Other factions
- Status
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:black;" | (3) | ![]() |
Brigadier Akwasi Afrifa (1936–1979) Chairman of the Presidential Commission |
— | 3 September 1969 | 7 August 1970 | Templet:Ayd | Military | Busia |
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:black;" | – | ![]() |
Nii Amaa Ollennu (1906–1986) |
— | 7 August 1970 | 31 August 1970 | Templet:Ayd | Independent | |
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:black;" | 4 | ![]() |
Edward Akufo-Addo (1906–1979) |
— | 31 August 1970 | 13 January 1972 (Deposed in a coup) |
Templet:Ayd | Independent |
Militiri rul (1972 - 1979)
[chenj-am | chenj-am for orijin]General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong leed a coup d'état wey komot President Akufo-Addo, Prime Minister Abrefa Busia an im govmet, evri political parties,and Parliament too komot.
Lieutenant General Fred Akuffo leed a palace coup wey komot General Acheampong,]afta dat one Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings leed a coup d'état wey komot di Supreme Military Council.
Oda facshons
.Militiri
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
rowspan=2 style="background:Templet:Party color; color:black;" | 5 | ![]() |
General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931–1979) Chairman of the NRC |
13 January 1972 | 5 July 1978 (Deposed in a coup) |
Templet:Ayd | Military |
Chairman of the SMC from 9 October 1975 | ||||||
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:black;" | 6 | ![]() |
Lieutenant-General Fred Akuffo (1937–1979) Chairman of the SMC |
5 July 1978 | 4 June 1979 (Deposed in a coup) |
Templet:Ayd | |
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:black;" | 7 | ![]() |
Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings (1947–2020) Chairman of the AFRC |
4 June 1979 | 24 September 1979 | Templet:Ayd |
Third Repoblik
[chenj-am | chenj-am for orijin]Onda di konstitushononstitution of 1979 di president wey bi head of stet an govmet. Di president wey dem elect dairet an sarf a four-year term wey expired for di nex general shon eleshon; a president fit sarf a maximum of two term. Wen nobodi dey as president Di vice president fit Stan as president.
Politika Partis Templet:Legend
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:white;" | 8 | ![]() |
Hilla Limann (1934–1998) |
1979 | 24 September 1979 | 31 December 1981 (Deposed in a coup) |
Templet:Ayd | PNP |
Fourth Repoblik (1993 - Present)
[chenj-am | chenj-am for orijin]Oda di korent Konstitushon di president na head of di stet an govmet. Di president dey enta by eleshon an sarf a four-year term wey go finish for di nex general elecshon; a president fit sarf a maximum of two terms. Wen pesin no dey as president, di vice-president sarf di time as the president for di years wey remain.
Political parties Templet:Legend Templet:Legend
- Symbols
Templet:Note label Died in office
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:white;" | (7) | ![]() |
Jerry Rawlings (1947–2020) |
1992 1996 |
7 January 1993 | 7 January 2001 | Templet:Age in years years | NDC |
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:white;" | 8 | John Kufuor (born 1938) |
2000 2004 |
7 January 2001 | 7 January 2009 | Templet:Age in years years | NPP | |
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:white;" | 9 | ![]() |
John Atta Mills (1944–2012) |
2008 | 7 January 2009 | 24 July 2012Templet:Ref label | Templet:Ayd | NDC |
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:white;" | 10 | ![]() |
John Mahama (born 1958) |
2012 | 24 July 2012 | 7 January 2017 | Templet:Ayd | NDC |
style="background:Templet:Party color; color:white;" | 11 | ![]() |
Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944) |
2016 2020 |
7 January 2017 | Incumbent | Templet:Ayd | NPP |
Hau e tek bi sins 1960
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Demographics
[chenj-am | chenj-am for orijin]Head of state | Ethnicity | Religious affiliation |
Kwame Nkrumah | Nzema (Akan) | Roman Catholic (later Nondenominational Christian)[1] |
Joseph Ankrah | Ga | Methodist |
Akwasi Afrifa | Ashanti (Akan) | Anglican |
Nii Amaa Ollennu | Ga | Presbyterian |
Edward Akufo-Addo | Akuapem (Akan) | Presbyterian |
Kofi Abrefa Busia | Bono (Akan) | Methodist |
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong | Ashanti (Akan) | Roman Catholic |
Fred Akuffo | Akuapem (Akan) | Presbyterian |
Hilla Limann | Sissala | Roman Catholic |
Jerry John Rawlings | Scottish/Anlo Ewe | Roman Catholic |
John Agyekum Kufuor | Ashanti (Akan) | Roman Catholic |
John Atta Mills | Fante (Akan) | Methodist |
John Dramani Mahama | Gonja | Assemblies of God (raised Presbyterian) |
Nana Akufo-Addo | Akuapem/Akyem (Akan) | Anglican (raised Presbyterian) |
- ↑ Miller, Jon (2014-05-22). Missionary Zeal and Institutional Control: Organizational Contradictions in the Basel Mission on the Gold Coast 1828-1917 (in Ínglish). Routledge. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-136-87625-7.