Prime Minister edit
Under the Constitution of 1957, the first constitution of the Republic of Ghana, the president Prime Minister replaced the monarch as executive head of state.
| N | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |
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| Took office | Left office | ||||
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Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972) |
6 March 1957 | 1 July 1960 | Convention People's Party | |
| Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (First Republic: 1960–1966) | |||||
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Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972) |
1 July 1960 | 24 February 1966 (Deposed in a coup d'état) |
Convention People's Party | |
| Presidents as Head of State (Second Republic: 1966–1972) | |||||
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Joseph Ankrah (1915–1992) Chairman of the NLC |
24 February 1966 | 2 April 1969 | Military | |
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Akwasi Afrifa (1936–1979) Chairman of the NLC until 3 September 1969, thereafter Chairman of the Presidential Commission |
2 April 1969 | 7 August 1970 | Military | |
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Nii Amaa Ollennu (1906–1986) |
7 August 1970 | 31 August 1970 | Independent | |
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Edward Akufo-Addo (1906–1979) |
31 August 1970 | 13 January 1972 (Deposed in a coup d'état) |
Independent | |
| Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913–1978) (Prime Minister & Acting President) |
1 October 1969 | 13 January 1972 (Deposed in a coup d'état) |
Progress Party | ||
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Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931–1979) Chairman of the NRC until 9 October 1975, thereafter Chairman of the SMC |
13 January 1972 | 5 July 1978 (Deposed in a palace coup d'état) |
Military | |
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Fred Akuffo (1937–1979) Chairman of the SMC |
5 July 1978 | 4 June 1979 (Deposed in a coup d'état) |
Military | |
| Presidents as Head of State (Third Republic: 1979–1981) | |||||
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Jerry Rawlings (1947–2020) Chairman of the AFRC |
4 June 1979 | 24 September 1979 | Military | |
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Hilla Limann (1934–1998) |
24 September 1979 | 31 December 1981 (Deposed in a coup d'état) |
People's National Party | |
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Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson | 30 December 1981 | 31 December 1981 | ||
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Jerry Rawlings (1947–2020) Chairman of the PNDC |
31 December 1981 | 7 January 1993 | Military | |
| Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (Fourth Republic: since 1993) | |||||
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Jerry Rawlings (1947–2020) |
7 January 1993 | 7 January 2001 | National Democratic Congress | |
| Ekow Nkensen Arkaah | 2 May 1994 | 10 May
1994 |
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Jerry Rawlings | 10 May
1994 |
7 January 2001 | ||
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John Atta Mills | 7 January 2000 | 7 January 2000 | ||
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Jerry Rawlings | 7 January 2000 | 7 January 2001 | ||
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John Kufuor (born 1938) |
7 January 2001 | 7 January 2009 | New Patriotic Party | |
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Aliu Mahama | 7 January 2008 | 7 January 2008 | ||
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John Kufuor | 7 January 2008 | 7 January 2009 | ||
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John Atta Mills (1944–2012) |
7 January 2009 | 24 July 2012 | National Democratic Congress | |
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John Mahama (born 1958) |
24 July 2012 | 7 January 2017 | National Democratic Congress | |
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Kwesi Amissah-Arthur | 6 August 2012 | 31 August
2012 |
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John Mahama | 31 August
2012 |
7 January 2017 | ||
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Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944) |
7 January 2017 | 7 January 2018 | New Patriotic Party | |
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Mahamudu Bawumia | 7 January
2018 |
7 January
2018 |
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Nana Akufo-Addo | 7 January
2018 |
Incumbent | ||
| Aaron Mike Oquaye | 18 January
2018 |
25 January
2018 |
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| Nana Akufo-Addo | 25 January | Incumbent | |||