| Ghana |
This article is part of the series: |
|
|
|
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
Divisions
|
|
Other countries · Atlas |
Prior to independence in 1957, Ghana was known as the British colony of Gold Coast. Before then it had been divided among a number of states, by far the largest of which was the Ashanti Empire, whose rulers were known as the Asantehene.
Contents |
(Dates in italics indicated de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | Unification of Gold Coast and British Togoland upon independence from Britain | ||||
| 6 March 1957 to 1 July 1960 |
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II represented by:- |
||||
| 6 March 1957 to 24 June 1957 | Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, Governor-General | ||||
| 24 June 1957 to 1 July 1960 | William Francis Hare, Lord Listowel, the 5th Earl of Listowel, Governor-General | ||||
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes | |
| Republic of Ghana | |||||
| 1 July 1960 to 24 February 1966 | Dr.h.c. Kwame Nkrumah, President | CPP | Deposed in a coup d'état | ||
| 24 February 1966 to 2 April 1969 | Major-General Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Chairman of the National Liberation Council | Mil | |||
| 2 April 1969 to 3 September 1969 | Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Chairman of the National Liberation Council | Mil | Later General | ||
| 3 September 1969 to 7 August 1970 | Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Chairman of the Presidential Commission | ||||
| 7 August 1970 to 31 August 1970 | Nii Amaa Ollennu, acting President | ||||
| 31 August 1970 to 13 January 1972 | Edward Akufo-Addo, President | n-p | Deposed in a coup d'état | ||
| 13 January 1972 to 9 October 1975 | Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Chairman of the National Redemption Council | Mil | Later General | ||
| 9 October 1975 to 5 July 1978 | General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council | Deposed in a palace coup d'état | |||
| 5 July 1978 to 4 June 1979 | Lieutenant-General Frederick Fred William Kwasi Akuffo, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council | Mil | Deposed in a coup d'état | ||
| 4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 | Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Mil | born Jeremiah Rawlings John | ||
| 24 September 1979 to 31 December 1981 | Dr. Hilla Limann, President | PNP | Deposed in a coup d'état | ||
| 31 December 1981 to 7 January 1993 | Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council | PNDC | |||
| 7 January 1993 to 7 January 2001 | Jerry John Rawlings, President | NDC | After retiring from the Armed Forces | ||
| 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009 | John Agyekum Kufuor, President | NPP | Elected 28 December 2000 | ||
| 7 January 2009 to Present | John Evans Atta Mills, President | NDC | Elected 2 January 2009 | ||
| PNP | Peoples National Party social democrat, Nkrumah personalist |
| NDC | National Democratic Congress social democrat |
| NLM | National Liberation Movement Asante regionalist 1954-1957, 1966- |
| NPP | New Patriotic Party liberal |
| PP | Progress Party |
| CPP | Convention People's Party authoritarian, socialist, Nkrumah personalist, 1949-1966, 1960-1966 - only legal party |
| NAL | National Alliance of Liberals 1966-1970 |
| Mil | Military |
| n-p | non-partisan |
| edit this box | |
|
|||||||||||