List of heads of state of Ghana
This is a list of the heads of state of Ghana since independence in 1957.
Monarchy (1957–1960)
No. | image | Name (life data) |
Official title | Term of office | |
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Beginning | The End | ||||
1. |
Elizabeth II (1926 *) |
queen | March 6, 1957 | July 1, 1960 |
Governors General
The British monarch was represented in his absence by a governor general:
No. | image | Name (life data) |
Official title | Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beginning | The End | ||||
1. |
Sir Charles Arden-Clarke (* 1898, † 1962) |
Governor General | March 6, 1957 | May 14, 1957 | |
- |
Sir Kobina Arku Korsah (acting) (* 1894, † 1967) |
Governor General | May 14, 1957 | November 13, 1957 | |
2. |
William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (* 1906; † 1997) |
Governor General | November 13, 1957 | July 1, 1960 |
Republic (since 1960)
No. | image | Name (life data) |
Official title | Political party | Term of office | ||
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Beginning | The End | Duration | |||||
1 |
Kwame Nkrumah (* 1909; † 1972) |
president | CPP | July 1, 1960 | February 24, 1966 (discontinued) |
2,064 days | |
2 |
Joseph Arthur Ankrah ( 1915--1992 ) |
Chairman of the National Liberation Council | military | February 24, 1966 | 2nd April 1969 | 1 133 days | |
3 |
Akwasi Afrifa ( 1936--1979 ) |
Chairman of the Presidential Commission | military | 2nd April 1969 | 7th August 1970 | 492 days | |
4th |
Nii Amaa Ollennu (* 1906; † 1986) |
Chairman of the Presidential Commission | military | 7th August 1970 | August 31, 1970 | 24 days | |
5 |
Edward Akufo-Addo (* 1906; † 1979) |
president | independent | August 31, 1970 | January 13, 1972 (discontinued) |
500 days | |
6th |
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (* 1931; † 1979) |
Chairman of the National Salvation Council | military | January 13, 1972 | October 9, 1975 | 2 365 days | |
Chairman of the Supreme Military Council | October 9, 1975 | July 5, 1978 (discontinued) |
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7th |
Fred Akuffo (1937 - 1979) |
Chairman of the Supreme Military Council | military | 5th July 1978 | June 4, 1979 (discontinued) |
334 days | |
8th |
Jerry Rawlings (born 1947) |
Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Armed Forces | military | 4th June 1979 | September 24, 1979 | 112 days | |
9 |
Hilla Limann ( 1934--1998 ) |
president | PNP | September 24, 1979 | December 31, 1981 (discontinued) |
829 days | |
10 |
Jerry Rawlings (born 1947) |
Chairman of the National Defense Council | military | December 31, 1981 | January 7, 1993 | 6,947 days | |
president | NDC | January 7, 1993 | January 7, 2001 | ||||
11 |
John Agyekum Kufuor (* 1938) |
president | NPP | January 7, 2001 | January 7, 2009 | 2,922 days | |
12 |
John Atta Mills ( 1944-2012 ) |
president | NDC | January 7, 2009 | July 24, 2012 (deceased in office) |
1,294 days | |
13 |
John Dramani Mahama (* 1958) |
president | NDC | July 24, 2012 | January 7, 2017 | 1 628 days | |
14th |
Nana Akufo-Addo (* 1944) |
president | NPP | January 7, 2017 | officiating | 1328 days |
Web links
- List of heads of state and government of Ghana World Statesmen.org (English)