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1993 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 1993.
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In addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also "special days."
The Government of Ghana was created as a parliamentary democracy, followed by alternating military and civilian governments in Ghana. In January 1993, military government gave way to the Fourth Republic after presidential and parliamentary elections in late 1992. The 1992 constitution divides powers among a president, parliament, cabinet, council of state, and an independent judiciary. The government is elected by universal suffrage.
John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He became the Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008 and his victory over John Evans Atta Mills at the end of Jerry Rawlings' second term marked the first transition of power in Ghana from a democratic government to another democratic government.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is a centre-right and liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian politics, with its leading rival being the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC). John Kufuor of the NPP was President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. At the elections held on 7 December 2004, the party won 129 out of 230 seats. The NPP candidate was Kufuor, who was re-elected as president with 52.75% of the vote. The New Patriotic Party symbol is the African elephant and the New Patriotic Party colours are red, white, and blue.
Jerry John Rawlings was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected president of Ghana.
The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana.
Ghana gained independence from the British on 6 March 1957. It is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The country became a republic on July 1, 1960.
The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Ghana.
1999 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 1999.
1998 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in 1998.
1997 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 1997.
1996 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 1996.
1995 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 1995.
1994 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 1994.
1992 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 1992.
1991 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 1991.
1990 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 1990.
Peter Wiafe Pepera was a Ghanaian politician and a former Member of Parliament of Abetifi constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He was a member of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana. He was succeeded by Bryan Acheampong.
Yaw Manu-Yeboah is a Ghanaian politician and educationist. He was a member of the First Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana from 1993 to 1997. He was a member of parliament for Sunyani East Constituency in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana, under the membership of the National Democratic Congress.
Samuel Nuamah Donkor was a Ghanaian politician and social worker. He was a Minister for Health, Minister for Ashanti Region and a member of the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana representing New Juaben North constituency under the membership of the National Convention Party (NCP).
