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List of Presidents of Ghana

This page contains a list of presidents (and Heads of State during periods of military rule) of Ghana.

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

Governor-general

• Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke: 6 Mar - 1957
• 24 Jun 1957 - 1 Jul 1960

Presidents of Ghana, 1960-present

• Kwame Nkrumah: 1 July 1960 - 24 February 1966

Chairman of the National Liberation Council

• Joseph Arthur Ankrah : 24 February 1966 - 2 April 1969

Chairman of the Presidential Commission

• 2 April 1969 - 7 August 1970
• 7 August - 31 August 1970
• 31 August 1970 - 13 January 1972

Chairman of the National Redemption Council

• Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong : 13 January 1972 - 5 July 1978
• 5 July 1978 - 4 June 1979

Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council

• Jerry John Rawlings : 4 June - 24 September 1979

President of Ghana

• 24 September 1979 - 31 December 1981

Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council

• Jerry John Rawlings: 31 December 1981 - 7 January 1992

President of Ghana

• Jerry John Rawlings: 1 January 1992 - December 2001
• John Agyekum Kufuor: 7 January 2001 -

See also lists of incumbents, list of Governors-General of Ghana