Vice-President of Ghana

The **vice-president of Ghana** is the second-highest officer in the Government of Ghana. The vice-president, together with the President of Ghana, is directly elected by the people through popular vote to serve a four-year term in office.

### Vice President of the First Republic (1960–1966)

Under the Constitution of 1960, the first constitution of the Republic of Ghana, the president replaced the monarch as executive head of state. The president was elected by Parliament for a 5-year term. In the event of a vacancy three members of the Cabinet served jointly as acting president.,

|#|colspan="2"|===Parliament of Ghana===|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1|Joseph Richard Asiedu|July 1960 - June 1965|
|2|Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta|June 1965 - February 1966|
|3|Nii Amaa Ollennu|24 February 1966|

### Vice Military regime (1966–1969)

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|rowspan="2"|Elected|colspan="2"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||National Liberation Council|—|24 February 1966|1 October 1969|Military|||||||
||Joseph Arthur Ankrah|—|1 October 1969|1 October 1969|Independent|||||||
||John Willie Kofi Harlley|—|1 October 1969|1 October 1969|Independent|||||||

### Vice President of the Second Republic (1969–1972)

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|rowspan="2"|Elected|colspan="3"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Akwasi Afrifa|—|1969|1970||Military||||||
||Nii Amaa Ollennu|—|1970|1970||Independent||||||
||Edward Akufo-Addo|—|1970|1972||Independent||||||

### Vice Military regime (1972–1979)

General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup d'état which overthrew President Akufo-Addo, Prime Minister Abrefa Busia and his government, all political parties, and Parliament were also dissolved.

Lieutenant General Fred Akuffo led a palace coup which overthrew General Acheampong, then Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings led a coup d'état which overthrown the Supreme Military Council.

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Political party||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2||Fred Akuffo|rowspan=2|1972|rowspan=2|1978|rowspan=2||rowspan=4|Military|
||Joshua Hamidu|1978|1979||||||||
||Kojo Boakye-Djan|1979|1979||||||||

### Vice President of the Third Republic (1979–1981)

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Political party|rowspan="2"|President|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson|1979|1981||People's National Party|Hilla Limann||||||

### Members

The seven original members of the PNDC from its inception were as follows:
- Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings - Chairman
- Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah - retired Chief of Defence Staff
- Reverend Dr. Vincent Kwabena Damuah
- Warrant Officer I Joseph Adjei Buadi
- Sergeant Daniel Alolga Akata Pore
- Joachim Amartey Quaye
- Chris Bukari Atim

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|rowspan="2"|Elected|colspan="2"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Political party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Provisional National Defence Council|—|31 December 1981|31 December 1981|rowspan="3"|Military||||||
||Joseph Nunoo-Mensah|—|31 December 1981|25 August 1983||||||||
||Arnold Quainoo|—|25 August 1983|22 September 1989||||||||
||Winston Mensa-Wood|—|22 September 1989|4 June 1990||||||||
||Harry Dumashie|—|4 June 1990|7 January 1993||||||||
||Daniel Francis Annan|—|7 January 1993|7 January 1993||||||||

### Vice President of the Fourth Republic (from 1993)

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of office|rowspan="2"|Political party|rowspan="2"|President|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Kow Nkensen Arkaah|1993|1997|years|National Convention Party|rowspan=2|Jerry Rawlings|||||
||John Atta Mills|1997|2001|years|National Democratic Congress|||||||
||Aliu Mahama|2001|2009|years|New Patriotic Party|John Kufuor||||||
||John Mahama|2009|2012||National Democratic Congress|John Atta Mills||||||
||Kwesi Amissah-Arthur|2012|2017||National Democratic Congress|John Mahama||||||
||Mahamudu Bawumia|2017|2025|years|New Patriotic Party|Nana Akufo-Addo||||||
||Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang|2025|Incumbent||National Democratic Congress|John Mahama||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Vice President of the
Republic of Ghana
- **image**: Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang.jpg
- **imagesize**: 165px
- **incumbent**: Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang
- **incumbentsince**: 7 January 2025
- **style**: His/Her Excellency
- **residence**: Golden Jubilee House
- **termlength**: Four years, renewable once
- **formation**: Republic Day
<small>1 July 1960</small>
Constitution of Ghana, 1992 Constitution
<small>15 May 1992</small>
- **inaugural**: Joseph W.S. deGraft-Johnson
<small>Republic established</small>
Kow Nkensen Arkaah
<small>Current Constitution</small>
- **salary**: unknown
- **website**: [http://www.presidency.gov.gh Presidency.gov.gh]
 [http://www.ghana.gov.gh Ghana.gov.gh]