The Presidents Of Ghana

H.E. , the President of the Republic of Ghana was born at Tarkwa on July 21st, 1944. He hails from Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region. President Mills launched a lifelong learning at Achimota Secondary School, where he completed the Advanced Level Certificate in 1963. To further his education, he attended the University of Ghana, Legon where he received a Bachelor’s Degree and Professional Certificate in Law (1967). While earning the PhD in Oriental and African Studies from the University of London at the age of 27, Dr. Mills was selected as a Fulbright Scholar at Stanford Law School (USA). Prof. Mills’s first formal teaching assignment was as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana, Legon. He spent more than twenty five years imparting acquired knowledge to students, and rose in position from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor.

His contribution to the University was remarkable having served on numerous Boards, Committees, and Schemes. Also during those twenty five years, Prof. Mills travelled as a Visiting Lecturer and Professor to Temple University (USA) and Leiden University (Holland), and presented research papers at Symposiums and Conferences throughout the world. Prof Mills has more than one dozen publications to his credit. His expertise goes well beyond the classroom, and is evidenced by the various examiner positions he held with finance related institutions throughout Ghana (i.e. Institute of Chartered Accountants, Institute of Bankers, Ghana Tax Review Commission). As an advocate for recreation, active sportsman and sports fan, Prof. Mills has supported the community through groups such as the Ghana Hockey Association, National Sport Council of Ghana, and Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club. The following are a few of his activities and projects: Member of the Ghana Stock Exchange Council Board of Trustees, Mines Trust Management Committee of Commonwealth Administration of Tax Experts United Nations Ad Hoc Group of Experts in International Cooperation in Tax Matters 7 United Nations Law and Population Project. Study on Equipment Leasing in Ghana Casebook preparation on Ghana’s Income Tax Review of Ghana’s Double Tax Agreement with the UK. A track record of financial knowledge and strong professional credentials led to several important appointments.

In 1988, Prof. J.E. Atta Mills became the Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service of Ghana and named Commissioner in September 1996. In 1997, Prof Mills became the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana and served in that capacity with former President J.J. Rawlings till 2000. On January 3, 2009, Prof. Mills was declared by the Electoral Commission as the President-elect of Ghana after a second presidential run-off of 2008 the Presidential Elections. Prof. Mills was sworn into office as Executive President of the Republic of Ghana on Wednesday January 7, 2009. He is married to Ernestina Naadu, an educationist and has a son. Here is a Summary table of the various Presidents that have governed the Republic of Ghana since its Independence in 1957.

President	Date of Birth	Date of Inauguration	End of Term	Date of death
Kwame Nkrumah	21 September 1909	1 July 1960	24 February 1966	27 April 1972
Joseph Ankrah	18 August 1915	24 February 1966	2 April 1969	25 November 1992
Akwasi Afrifa	24 April 1936	2 April 1969	7 August 1970	26 June 1979
Nii Ollennu	1906	7 August 1970	31 August 1970	1986
Edward Akufo-Addo	26 June 1906	31 August 1970	13 January 1972	17 July 1979
Ignatius Acheampong	23 September 1931	13 January 1972	5 July 1978	16 June 1979
Fred Akuffo	21 March 1937	5 July 1978	4 June 1979	26 June 1979
Jerry Rawlings	22 June 1947	4 June 1979	24 September 1979
Hilla Limann	12 December 1934	24 September 1979	31 December 1981	23 January 1998
Jerry John Rawlings	22 June 1947	31 December 1981	7 January 2001
John Agyekum Kufuor	8 December 1938	7 January 2001	7 January 2009

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