IndependenceMarch 6, 1957
(1992 - New constitution, multi-party system is restored
Last General ElectionsDecember 7, 2016
Current Political Party in PowerNew Patriotic Party (NPP)
Current PresidentNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Vice President/Prime MinisterDr. Mamudu Bawumia
Main Opposition PartyNational Democratic Congress (NDC)
System of GovernanceParliamentary Democracy
Number of Parliamentarians275
Political highlights1957 - independence, Nkrumah of CPP is PM
1960 - declared republic, one party system, presidential system
1966 - military overthrow of 1st republic
1969 - 2nd republic, Busia of PP is PM
1972 - military overthrow of 2nd republic
1978 - palace coup to restructure military government
1979 - junior officer uprising and military housecleaning
1979 - ushered third republic, Limann of PNP is President
1981 - overthrow of the constitutional PNP gov't by the PNDC military junta
1983 - Attempted overthrow of the PNDC junta by other junior army men
1992 - Rawlings of NDC is Dem elected as President
1996 - Rawlings of NDC is re-elected
2001 - Kufour (NPP) is President
2005 - Kufuor begins second-term in office
2009 - John Evans Atta Mills (NDC) is President
2012 - John Dramani Mahama (NDC) is sworn in as President following death of President Mills
2013 - John Dramani Mahama (NDC) is sworn in as President after winning the 2012 general elections
2017 - Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (NPP) is sworn in as President after winning the 2016 general election
