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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.
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.
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 ...
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]
Mahama took office as president for the first time on 24 July 2012, when John Atta Mills died in office. [6] [7] Mahama is the first vice president to assume the presidency following the death of his predecessor, and is the first head of state of Ghana to have been born after Ghana's independence in 1957. [8]
The police chief said Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith were involved in the Jan. 7 arrest of Tyre Nichols, 29, who was Black.
2012 July - On July 24, President John Atta Mills died. John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as substantive president in less than 12 hours after John Atta Mills died. State burial for the late president was held on the 8th through to the 10th of August. Attah Mills was buried at the place now known as the Asomdwoe Park
John Mills was 69, working in retirement, when he was struck by a vehicle and killed while working security at the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club. (Courtesy of Mills family)