Heads of State of Ghana
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, the 5th Earl of Listowel, Governor-General | ||
| Tenure | Incumbent | Affiliation | Notes |
| Republic of Ghana | |||
| 1 July 1960 to 24 February 1966 | Dr Kwame Nkrumah, President | CPP | Deposed in a coup d'etat |
| 24 February 1966 to 2 April 1969 | Major-General Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Chairman of the National Liberation Council | Mil | |
| 2 April 1969 to 3 April 1969 | Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Chairman of the National Liberation Council | Mil | Later General |
| 3 April 1969 to 7 August 1970 | Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Chairman of the Presidential Commission | Mil | |
| 7 August 1970 to 31 August 1970 | Nii Amaa Ollennu, acting Chairman of the Presidential Commission | ||
| 31 August 1970 to 13 January 1972 | Edward Akufo-Addo, Chairman of the Presidential Commission | n-p | Deposed in a coup d'etat |
| 13 January 1972 to 9 October 1979 | Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the National Redemption Council | Mil | |
| 9 October 1979 to 5 July 1978 | Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council | Mil | |
| 5 July 1978 to 4 June 1979 | Lieutenant-General Frederick Fred William Kwasi Akuffo, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council | Mil | |
| 4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 | Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Mil | |
| 24 September 1979 to 31 December 1981 | Hilla Limann, President of Ghana | PNP | |
| 31 December 1981 to 7 January 1993 | Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council | Mil | |
| 7 January 1993 to December 2000 | Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, President | NDC | |
| 7 January 2001 to present | John Agyekum Kufuor, President | NPP | Elected 28 December 2000 |
Affiliations:-
| NDC | National Democratic Congress |
| NLM | National Liberation Movement Asante regionalist 1954-1957, 1966- |
| NPP | New Patriotic Party liberal |
| PP | Progressive Party |
| CPP | Convention Peoples 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 |
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See also
- Ghana
- Heads of government of Ghana
- Colonial Heads of Ghana
- Lists of incumbents
Categories: Lists of office-holders | Politics of Ghana