List of presidents of Ghana

NPortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft office 100px Kwame Nkrumah6 March 19571 July 1960  Convention People's PartyPresidents of the Republic of Ghana (First Republic: 1960–1966) 100px Kwame Nkrumah 1 July 1960 24 February 1966 Convention People's PartyPresidents as Head of State (Second Republic: 1966–1972) 100px Joseph Ankrah 24 February 1966 2 April 1969 Military 100px Akwasi Afrifa 2 April 1969 7 August 1970 Military 100px Nii Amaa Ollennu 7 August 1970 31 August 1970 Independent 100px Edward Akufo-Addo 31 August 1970 13 January 1972 IndependentKofi Abrefa Busia(1913–1978)(Prime  Minister & Acting President)1 October 196913 January 1972(Deposed in a coup d'état)Progress Party 100px Ignatius Kutu Acheampong 13 January 1972 5 July 1978 Military 100px Fred Akuffo 5 July 1978 4 June 1979 MilitaryPresidents as Head of State (Third Republic: 1979–1981) 100px Jerry Rawlings 4 June 1979 24 September 1979 Military 100px Hilla Limann 24 September 1979 31 December 1981 People's National Party124x124pxJoseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson30 December 198131 December 1981 100px Jerry Rawlings 31 December 1981 7 January 1993 MilitaryPresidents of the Republic of Ghana (Fourth Republic: since 1993) 100px Jerry Rawlings 7 January 1993 7 January 2001 National Democratic CongressEkow Nkensen Arkaah2 May 199410 May
1994148x148pxJerry Rawlings10 May
19947 January 2001139x139pxJohn Atta Mills7 January 20007 January 2000148x148pxJerry Rawlings7 January 20007 January 2001 100px John Kufuor 7 January 2001 7 January 2009 New Patriotic Party137x137pxAliu Mahama7 January 20087 January 2008151x151pxJohn Kufuor7 January 20087 January 2009 100px John Atta Mills 7 January 2009 24 July 2012 National Democratic Congress 100px John Mahama 24 July 2012 7 January 2017 National Democratic Congress145x145pxKwesi Amissah-Arthur6 August 201231 August
2012137x137pxJohn Mahama31 August
20127 January 2017 100px Nana Akufo-Addo 7 January 2017 7 January 2018 New Patriotic Party118x118pxMahamudu Bawumia7 January
20187 January
2018126x126pxNana Akufo-Addo7 January
201818 January
2018Aaron Mike Oquaye18 January
201825 January
2018126x126pxNana Akufo-Addo25 January 2018 7 January  2025137x137pxJohn Mahama7 January  2025Incumbent,

Related pages
Lists of office-holders
President of Ghana
Vice-President of Ghana

References

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