List of heads of state of Ghana - Wikipedia
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 Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. [2]
Jerry Rawlings - Wikipedia
He led a military junta until 1992, 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 20 years.
Past Presidents of Ghana Since Independence Till Date
Jun 9, 2022 · former presidents of Ghana After finishing Mills’ term, John Mahama ran for a full term in the national election in December 2012. He defeated his nearest competitor, Nana Akufo-Addo, with 50.70 percent of the total genuine votes cast.
John Mahama - Wikipedia
Mahama is the first vice president to take over the presidency from the death of his predecessor, John Evans Atta Mills, and is the first head of state of Ghana to have been born after Ghana's independence.
Jerry J. Rawlings | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Oct 18, 2024 · Jerry J. Rawlings (born June 22, 1947, Accra, Ghana—died November 12, 2020, Accra) was a military and political leader in Ghana who twice (1979, 1981) overthrew the government and seized power. His second period of rule (1981–2001) afforded Ghana political stability and competent economic management. Rawlings was the son of a Scottish ...
Jerry Rawlings: Ghana's ex-president dies aged 73 - BBC
Nov 12, 2020 · Ghana's former President Jerry John Rawlings has died at the age of 73. He led two coups, first in 1979, before twice being elected president in multiparty polls. A charismatic figure, he...
Ghana’s former president Jerry Rawlings dies - CNN
Nov 12, 2020 · Jerry Rawlings, who seized control of Ghana twice in military coups before becoming the country’s democratically-elected president, has died at the age of 73, his party said in a statement...
Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings dies at 73 | AP News
Nov 12, 2020 · Ghana’s former president Jerry Rawlings, who staged two coups and later led the West African country’s transition to a stable democracy, has died aged 73, according to the state’s Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020.
1957-2019: Here are Ghana's heads of state since independence
From 31 August 1970 until his deposition by coup d'état on 13 January 1972, Akufo-Addo was President of Ghana in the Second Republic. Real power rested with the prime minister, Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia.
Final Biography And Profile Of Former Ghana President Jerry …
Nov 11, 2022 · Ex-president Jerry John Rawlings was born in June 22, 1947 and died on Thursday morning, November 12, 2020 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra – Ghana. Mr Rawlings mother, Madam Victorial Agbotui died in September 2020 at aged 101 and was buried on October 24, 2020.
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