List of heads of state of Ghana Totally Explained

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Prior to independence, Ghana was known as the British colony of Gold Coast. Before then it had been divided among a number of states, by far the largest of which was the Ashanti Confederacy, whose leaders were known as the Asantehene.

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List of Heads of State of Ghana (1957-Present)

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, Lord Listowel, the 5th Earl of Listowel, Governor-General
Tenure	Incumbent		Notes
Republic of Ghana
1 July 1960 to 24 February 1966	Dr.h.c. Kwame Nkrumah, President	CPP	Deposed in a coup d'état
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 1970	Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Chairman of the National Liberation Council	Mil	Later General
3 April 1970 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'état
13 January 1972 to 9 October 1975	Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the National Redemption Council	Mil	Later General
9 October 1975 to 5 July 1978	General Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council	Mil	Deposed in a palace coup d'état
5 July 1978 to 4 June 1979	Lieutenant-General Frederick *Fred* William Kwasi Akuffo, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council	Mil	Deposed in a coup d'état
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	Dr. Hilla Limann, President	PNP	Deposed in a coup d'état
31 December 1981 to 7 January 1993	Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council	PNDC
7 January 1993 to 7 January 2001	Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, President	NDC	After retiring from the Armed Forces
7 January 2001 to present	John Agyekum Kufuor, President	NPP	Elected 28 December 2000

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Sources

http://www.rulers.org/rulg1.html#ghana
Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd
African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland
Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edn., John V da Graça, MacMillan Press Ltd, 2000

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