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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.

1 List of Heads of State of Ghana

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
Ghana	Unification of Gold Coast and British Togoland upon independence from Britain
6 March 1957 to 1 July 1960	Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II represented by:-
6 March 1957 to 24 June 1957	Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, Governor-General
24 June 1957 to 1 July 1960	William Francis Hare, the 5th Earl of Listowel , Governor-General
Tenure	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Republic of Ghana
1 July 1960 to 24 February 1966	Dr Kwame Nkrumah, President		Deposed in a coup d'etat
24 February 1966 to 2 April 1969	Major-General Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Chairman of the National Liberation Council	CPP
2 April 1969 to 3 April 1969	Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa , Chairman of the National Liberation Council	Mil	Later General
3 April 1969 to 7 August 1970	Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa , Chairman of the Presidential Commission	Mil
7 August 1970 to 31 August 1970	Nii Amaa Ollennu , acting Chairman of the Presidential Commission
31 August 1970 to 13 January 1972	Edward Akufo-Addo , Chairman of the Presidential Commission	n-p	Deposed in a coup d'etat
13 January 1972 to 9 October 1979	Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the National Redemption Council	Mil
9 October 1979 to 5 July 1978	Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council	Mil
5 July 1978 to 4 June 1979	Lieutenant-General Frederick Fred William Kwasi Akuffo* , Chairman of the Supreme Military Council*	Mil
4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979	Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council	Mil
24 September 1979 to 31 December 1981	Hilla Limann , President of Ghana	PNP
31 December 1981 to 7 January 1993	Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council	Mil
7 January 1993 to December 2000	Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, President	NDC
7 January 2001 to present	John Agyekum Kufuor, President	NPP	Elected 28 December 2000

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