The Presidents of Ghana since 1960

The President of the Republic of Ghana is the elected head of state and head of government of Ghana, as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces.

The current President of Ghana is Nana Akufo-Addo, who won the 2016 presidential election against the incumbent, John Dramani Mahama, by a margin of 9.45%. Akufo-Addo was sworn into office on 7 January 2017

The official residence of the President of Ghana is the Flag Staff house. It was previously the Osu Castle and was moved to Flag Staff house after it’s construction.

Each President can serve for only two terms with each term been four years. So in all each president can only serve for a maximum of eight years.

Below is the list of the Presidents Ghana has had since 1960, when Ghana became a Republic.

 

NAME	TOOK OFFICE	LEFT OFFICE	POLITICAL PARTY
Kwame Nkrumah	1st July, 1960	24th February, 1966	Convention People's Party
Joseph Ankrah	24th February, 1966	2nd April, 1969	National Liberation Council
Akwasi Afrifa	2nd April, 1969	7th August, 1970	National Liberation Council
Nii Amaa Ollenu	7th August, 1970	31st August, 1970	Independent
Edward Akuffo Addo	31st August, 1970	13th January, 1972	Independent
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong	13th January, 1972	5th July, 1978	Supreme Military Council
Fred Akuffo	5th July, 1978	4th June, 1979	Supreme Military Council
Jerry John Rawlings	4th June, 1979	24th September, 1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
Hilla Limann	24th September, 1979	31st December, 1981	People's National Party
Jerry John Rawlings	31st December, 1981	7th January, 1993	Provisional National Defence Council
Jerry John Rawlings	7th January, 1993`	7th January, 2001	National Democratic Party
John Agyekum Kuffour	7th January, 2001	7th January, 2009	New Patriotic Party
John Evans Atta Mills	7th January, 2009	24th July, 2012	National Democratic Congress
John Dramani Mahama	24th July, 2012	7th January, 2017	National Democratic Congress
Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo	7th January, 2017	to Date	New Patriotic Party