Ghana (02)

1957-today Independent State


1957-1966

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER GENERAL GOVERNOR
1957 6 march Independent into Commonwealth queen Elisabeth II Kwame Nkrumah Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke
1957 24 june William Francis Hare, Earl of Listowel
1960 1 july Republic Kwame Nkrumah

1966-

YEAR DATE EVENT PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER
1966 24 february gen. Joseph Arthur Ankrah
1969 2 april gen. Akwasi Afrifa
1969 3 september Kofi Abrefa Busia
1970 7 august Nii Amaa Ollennu
1970 31 august Edward Akufo-Addo
1972 13 january col. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong -
1978 5 july gen. Fred William K. Akuffo
1979 4 june ten. Jerry John Rawlings (I)
1979 24 september Hilla Limann
1981 31 december ten. Jerry John Rawlings (II)
2001 7 january John Agyekum Kufuor
2012 7 january John Atta Mills
2012 24 july John Dramani Mahama
2016 7 december Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo


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