# List of Presidents of Ghana

This is a list of President of Ghana.

## List
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$^C$ Constitutional referendum
$^†$ Died in office
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Political party |
| | Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972) | 6 March 1957 | 1 July 1960 | Convention People's Party |
| Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (First Republic: 1960–1966) | Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (First Republic: 1960–1966) | Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (First Republic: 1960–1966) | Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (First Republic: 1960–1966) | Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (First Republic: 1960–1966) |
| | 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) | Presidents as Head of State (Second Republic: 1966–1972) | Presidents as Head of State (Second Republic: 1966–1972) | Presidents as Head of State (Second Republic: 1966–1972) | Presidents as Head of State (Second Republic: 1966–1972) |
| | Joseph Ankrah (1915–1992) Chairman of the NLC | 24 February 1966 | 2 April 1969 | Military |
| | 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 |
| | Nii Amaa Ollennu (1906–1986) | 7 August 1970 | 31 August 1970 | Independent |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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) | Presidents as Head of State (Third Republic: 1979–1981) | Presidents as Head of State (Third Republic: 1979–1981) | Presidents as Head of State (Third Republic: 1979–1981) | Presidents as Head of State (Third Republic: 1979–1981) |
| | Jerry Rawlings (1947–2020) Chairman of the AFRC | 4 June 1979 | 24 September 1979 | Military |
| | Hilla Limann (1934–1998) | 24 September 1979 | 31 December 1981 (Deposed in a coup d'état) | People's National Party |
| | Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson | 30 December 1981 | 31 December 1981 | |
| | 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) | Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (Fourth Republic: since 1993) | Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (Fourth Republic: since 1993) | Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (Fourth Republic: since 1993) | Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (Fourth Republic: since 1993) |
| | Jerry Rawlings (1947–2020) | 7 January 1993 | 7 January 2001 | National Democratic Congress |
| | Ekow Nkensen Arkaah | 2 May 1994 | 10 May 1994 | |
| | Jerry Rawlings | 10 May 1994 | 7 January 2001 | |
| | John Atta Mills | 7 January 2000 | 7 January 2000 | |
| | Jerry Rawlings | 7 January 2000 | 7 January 2001 | |
| | John Kufuor (born 1938) | 7 January 2001 | 7 January 2009 | New Patriotic Party |
| | Aliu Mahama | 7 January 2008 | 7 January 2008 | |
| | John Kufuor | 7 January 2008 | 7 January 2009 | |
| | John Atta Mills (1944–2012) | 7 January 2009 | 24 July 2012 | National Democratic Congress |
| | John Mahama (born 1958) | 24 July 2012 | 7 January 2017 | National Democratic Congress |
| | Kwesi Amissah-Arthur | 6 August 2012 | 31 August 2012 | |
| | John Mahama | 31 August 2012 | 7 January 2017 | |
| | Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944) | 7 January 2017 | 7 January 2018 | New Patriotic Party |
| | Mahamudu Bawumia | 7 January 2018 | 7 January 2018 | |
| | Nana Akufo-Addo | 7 January 2018 | 18 January 2018 | |
| | Aaron Mike Oquaye | 18 January 2018 | 25 January 2018 | |
| | Nana Akufo-Addo | 25 January 2018 | 7 January 2025 | |
| | John Mahama | 7 January 2025 | Incumbent, | |