Heads of State of Ghana

Prior to independence Ghana was the British Gold Coast colony. Before then it had been divided among a number of states, by far the largest of which was the Ashanti Confederacy, whose leaders was known as the Asantehene.

List of Heads of State of Ghana

Tenure Incumbent Notes
GhanaUnification 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, the 5th Earl of Listowel, Governor-General
Tenure Incumbent Affiliation Notes
Republic of Ghana
1 July 1960 to 24 February 1966Dr Kwame Nkrumah, PresidentCPPDeposed in a coup d'etat
24 February 1966 to 2 April 1969Major-General Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Chairman of the National Liberation CouncilMil
2 April 1969 to 3 April 1969Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Chairman of the National Liberation CouncilMilLater General
3 April 1969 to 7 August 1970Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Chairman of the Presidential CommissionMil
7 August 1970 to 31 August 1970Nii Amaa Ollennu, acting Chairman of the Presidential Commission
31 August 1970 to 13 January 1972Edward Akufo-Addo, Chairman of the Presidential Commissionn-pDeposed in a coup d'etat
13 January 1972 to 9 October 1979Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the National Redemption CouncilMil
9 October 1979 to 5 July 1978Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the Supreme Military CouncilMil
5 July 1978 to 4 June 1979Lieutenant-General Frederick Fred William Kwasi Akuffo, Chairman of the Supreme Military CouncilMil
4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary CouncilMil
24 September 1979 to 31 December 1981Hilla Limann, President of GhanaPNP
31 December 1981 to 7 January 1993Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Provisional National Defence CouncilMil
7 January 1993 to December 2000Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, PresidentNDC
7 January 2001 to presentJohn Agyekum Kufuor, PresidentNPPElected 28 December 2000

Affiliations:-

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See also

id:Kepala Negara Ghana no:Ghanas statsoverhoder

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