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John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as the 11th president of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012.
John Atta Mills, an NDC candidate, became the 3rd President of the Ghanaian Fourth Republic after he defeated NPP opponent Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2008 Ghanaian general election. After his death on 24 July 2012, John Atta Mills was succeeded by his vice president, John Mahama in accordance to the 1992 Constitution. He was the first Ghanaian Head ...
The Mills presidency ended on 24 July 2012 when President John Atta Mills died following illness. [2] Mills was succeeded by his vice president, John Dramani Mahama as specified by the Ghana constitution. [3] John Mahama was sworn in on the same day by the Chief Justice of Ghana and he continued with most of the ministers from this government.
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]
Ernestina Naadu Mills (née Botchway) is a Ghanaian educator and former First Lady of Ghana. She was the wife of former Ghanaian president John Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012), and is the recipient of a Humanitarian award from the Health Legend Foundation. [1] [2] She was also the Second Lady of Ghana from 1996 to 2001.
John Dramani Mahama. This is a listing of the ministers who served in the National Democratic Congress government of John Dramani Mahama in Ghana originally formed on 24 July 2012 following the death of John Atta Mills, and sworn in from January 2013.
Prior to serving as Head Of Communications at the Office of The President, Samuel Koku Anyidoho was the Head of Communications and Key Campaign Strategist for the Atta-Mills Campaign Team (January 2006 – December 2008) – and was instrumental in the success of the Atta Mills campaign.
This provision has been used once, when John Mahama ascended to the presidency after the death of the President, John Atta Mills, in July 2012. He was elected president in his own right that December, and was allowed to run for reelection in 2016 since he had ascended with only six months remaining in Mills' term.