John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills

**John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills** e la Gaana yidaandɔɔ naŋ da zeŋ kogi zu kyɛ kpi la lɛ (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) e la a Ghana pɔletesean ane merɛ zanzanna naŋ toŋ Gaana yidaandɔɔ yi 2009 te tɔ 2012 onaŋ kpi. O da kpɛ a Ɔfere 7 January 2009, o naŋ da daa o dataa lɔɔ  Nana Akufo-Addo 2008 yuoni poɔ Ghana yidaandɔɔ kyakya poɔ. Ona da la a yidaandɔɔ potuuro 1997 te tɔ 2001 ko  yidaandɔɔ Jerry Rawlings, kyɛ o da gaa la a kyakya 2000 ane 2004 yidaandɔɔ kyɛ ba di ane a kataweɛ paati (NDC). Ona da la Gaana wɛderɛ naŋ na kpi a yidaandɔɔ Ɔfere toma poɔ.

## O Nyɔvore Yele
O dɔgereba da e la John Atta Mills Sr., an wulwullo, maŋ wuli Komenda Teacher Training College ane Mercy Dawson Amoah. Ona da la a ba biiri bayi soba (naŋ e bidɔɔ dɛndɛŋ) yi o beɛre bayɔpoi poɔ. O da e la mɛmba ko a Fante ethnic group, o yi la a paaloŋ ba naŋ boɔlɔ Ekumfi Otuam naŋ be Mfantsiman East Desekyere poɔ a Central Irigyin Gaana poɔ. O da gaa la a o peramere sakuu ane a o sɔgaŋ sakuu Huni Valley Methodist  ane Komenda Methodist sɔgaŋ sakuu. O da la gaa la  Achimota Sakuuri a o sɛkɔndere sakuu zannoo, be o naŋ baare a Ordinary ane Advanced-Level Certificates 1961 te tɔ 1963, ane a   yuniveniti naŋ be Ghana, Legon, be o naŋ baare neŋ bachelor of law degree, LLB ane a professional law certificate 1967.

Mills gaa la London School of Economics ane Political Science te nyɛ  LLM  1968 kyɛ la nyɛ PhD in Law yineŋ Oriental sakuu ane African zannoo sakuu ko Merɛ, zanne kyɛllɛɛ yineŋ federal University of London, o naŋ da baare o doctoral thesis yineŋ field of taxation ane economic development 1971 o naŋ da e yuomo 27.

## Pɔletese Toma

### Gaana yidaandɔɔ potuuro
Yidaandɔɔ kogo zu zemmo kyakya 1992, a National Convention Party (NCP) da tage mare la a kataweɛ paaati (NDC). Former Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) kyaaman, ane zuzeɛ a Gaana, Flight-Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings da iri la NCP wɛderɛ, Kow Nkensen Arkaah, ka o da e o potuuro. Ba da vootu iri ba na e wɛdereba a 1992 vootu poɔŋ, Arkaah da toŋ la yi 1992 te tɔ 1996.

Yi be puoriŋ,  29 Gyoonoɔre 1996, a NCP da iri la bamenne yineŋ a kataweɛ paati (NDC). Arkaah neŋ a National Convention Party da gaa made la a wɔɔ paate ka ba da iri o ka e a yidaandɔɔ potuuro ko John Agyekum Kufuor a naŋ ŋmɛ kyakya new a kataweɛ paati. Rawlings da iri la Mills ka o da leɛre o potuuro naŋ da yi a potuuluŋ gbɛɛ poɔ ka na gaa a yidaandɔɔ kyakya gbɛre boyi poɔ ka ba da di a la gaa a ɔfere gbɛre boyi soba, ka ba da toŋ toma yi 1996 te tɔ 2000. O naŋ da tona a yidaandɔɔ potuuro toma, o da e la a kyaaman ko kpasɔgelɔ (Police) Council a Gaana ane kyaaman ko a Economic Management Team meŋ.

### Yidaandɔɔloŋ nuneɛ
2000, Mills da e la NDC's kogo are koɔrɔ, 2000 yidaandɔɔloŋ nuneɛ saŋa na Rawlings naŋ da toŋ toma sigi a kogo zu. O dataa a vootu poɔ da la John Agyekum Kufuor, ona la da e a kogo zu-araa ko a wɔɔ paati (NPP). 2000 perasedɛn kampeene poɔ, ba da ŋmaa la ziriŋ eŋ Mills ka ka o naŋ di, ka o naŋ maŋ  derɛ la hakelɛ  yire Rawlings zie wagere la wagere zaa. A dɛndɛŋ soba poɔ, naŋ da e 7 December 2000, Mills da nyɛ la bie 44.8%, da di new bie 48.4%, naŋ da e o gbɛre boyi soba. On 28 December 2000, Kufuor da daa la Mills lɔɔ neŋ bie 56.9% kɔɔ poɔ a da zeŋ a kogo 7 January 2001.

## Sommo Yizie