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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]
He led a military junta until 1993, and then served two terms as the democratically elected president of Ghana. [2] [3] [4] He was the longest-serving leader in Ghana's history, presiding over the country for 19 years. [5] [6] Rawlings came to power in Ghana as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force following a coup d'état in 1979. Prior ...
Acting presidents of Ghana (1 P) N. Kwame Nkrumah (1 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Presidents of Ghana" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Arrival of the president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, and president of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, to the first conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, Belgrade, 1961. After substantial Africanization of the civil service in 1952–60, the number of expatriates rose again from 1960 to 1965.
Ex-president John Dramani Mahama returns on promise to lead country out of economic woes Ghana’s former president wins historic comeback election victory Skip to main content
Ghana averaged 45.8 under Mahama but dropped to 42 under Akufo-Addo in the CPI ranking where zero equates to "highly corrupt" and 100 is "very clean". ... the former president was immortalised in ...
John Dramani Mahama (/ m ə ˈ h ɑː m ə / ⓘ; born 29 November 1958) [1] is a Ghanaian politician who has been the 14th president of Ghana since 7 January 2025. [2] [3] He previously served as the 12th president from 2012 to 2017 and as the fifth vice president from 2009 to 2012. [4]
Mahama, 66, who served as Ghana's president from 2012 to 2016, framed Bawumia as representing a continuation of the policies that led to Ghana's worst economic crisis in a generation.