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Ghana: offices and people
Ghana: offices and peopleExplore recorded offices, the people who held them and their institutional connections.
Coverage is partial. “Reported current” reflects source records and may be out of date. Connections show cited institutional relationships; they do not establish a reporting hierarchy.
44 of 44 offices match
Head of state and government
President of Ghana
About this grouping
Grouped from a recorded national leadership term.
Recorded relationships
Dates unknown · Current status unverified
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0 cited references in the stored statement.
Metadata retrieved 17 Oct 2026.
Dates unknown · Current status unverified
Wikidata relationship source (opens in a new tab)Source details
0 cited references in the stored statement.
Metadata retrieved 17 Oct 2026.
People and tenure
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John Mahama
Reported current7 Jan 2025 – End unknown
President of the Republic of Ghana
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Source marks this term current; not independently verified
- Start: 7 Jan 2025
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Cabinet Secretariat
Nana Akufo-Addo
Historical7 Jan 2017 – 7 Jan 2025
President of Ghana from 2017 to 2025
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 7 Jan 2017
- End: 7 Jan 2025
Portrait: CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · DFID - UK Department for International Development Graham Carlow
John Mahama
Historical24 Jul 2012 – 7 Jan 2017
President of the Republic of Ghana
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 24 Jul 2012
- End: 7 Jan 2017
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Cabinet Secretariat
John Evans Atta Mills
Historical7 Jan 2009 – 24 Jul 2012
sixth President of the Republic of Ghana (1944–2012)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 7 Jan 2009
- End: 24 Jul 2012
Portrait: CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · National Democratic Congress party of Ghana
John Kufuor
Historical7 Jan 2001 – 7 Jan 2009
fifth President of the Republic of Ghana and Lawyer
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 7 Jan 2001
- End: 7 Jan 2009
Portrait: CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Eric Miller, mailto:[email protected] [email protected])
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Jerry Rawlings
Historical31 Dec 1981 – 7 Jan 2001
fourth President of the Republic of Ghana (1947-2020)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 31 Dec 1981
- End: 7 Jan 2001
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Mark Renders / European Communities, 1998 / EC - Audiovisual Service
Hilla Limann
Historical24 Sept 1979 – 31 Dec 1981
eighth President of the Republic of Ghana (1934–1998)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 24 Sept 1979
- End: 31 Dec 1981
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · London School of Economics
Jerry Rawlings
Historical4 Jun 1979 – 24 Sept 1979
fourth President of the Republic of Ghana (1947-2020)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 4 Jun 1979
- End: 24 Sept 1979
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Mark Renders / European Communities, 1998 / EC - Audiovisual Service
Fred Akuffo
Historical5 Jul 1978 – 4 Jun 1979
soldier, politician, former Chief of Defence Staff and head of state of Ghana (1937-1979)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 5 Jul 1978
- End: 4 Jun 1979
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · Voice of America
Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
Historical13 Jan 1972 – 5 Jul 1978
soldier and former military head of state of Ghana (1931-1979)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 13 Jan 1972
- End: 5 Jul 1978
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · Voice of America
Edward Akufo-Addo
Historical31 Aug 1970 – 13 Jan 1972
second President of the Republic of Ghana (1906-1979)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 31 Aug 1970
- End: 13 Jan 1972
Nii Amaa Ollennu
Historical7 Aug 1970 – 31 Aug 1970
Judge, Former Speaker of the Parliament and Former Acting President of Ghana (1906-1986)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 7 Aug 1970
- End: 31 Aug 1970
Akwasi Afrifa
Historical2 Apr 1969 – 7 Aug 1970
soldier, politician, and former head of state of Ghana (1936-1979)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 2 Apr 1969
- End: 7 Aug 1970
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Joseph Arthur Ankrah
Historical24 Feb 1966 – 2 Apr 1969
Ghanaian politician (1915-1992)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 24 Feb 1966
- End: 2 Apr 1969
Portrait: Public domain (opens in a new tab) · Yoichi Okamoto
Kwame Nkrumah
Historical1 Jul 1960 – 24 Feb 1966
Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 1 Jul 1960
- End: 24 Feb 1966
Portrait: OGL v1.0 (opens in a new tab) · The National Archives UK - Flickr account
Charles Arden-Clarke
Historical6 Mar 1957 – 24 Jun 1957
British colonial administrator (1898-1962)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 6 Mar 1957
- End: 24 Jun 1957
Portrait: OGL v1.0 (opens in a new tab) · The National Archives UK - Flickr account
Sources and coverage
Office and term sources are linked in each record. Portraits link to their Wikimedia Commons file pages with the available licence and attribution.
Coverage notes (3)
- Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster.
- Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain.
- Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.