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Events in the year 2010 in Ghana .
15 December - John Atta Mills, President of Ghana commissions production of the country's oil and gas for export. [1]
Holidays in italics are "special days", while those in regular type are "regular holidays".
In addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also "special days."
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2008 Ghanaian presidential election. He was previously the Vice-President from 1997 to 2001 under President Jerry Rawlings, and he contested unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections as the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He was the first Ghanaian head of state to die in office.
2011 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 2011.
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.
2012 in Ghana details events of note that has been predicted to happen in the Ghana in the year 2012.
2008 in Ghana details events of note that happened in the Ghana in the year 2008.
2007 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in that year.
2006 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 2006.
2005 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 2005.
2004 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 2004.
2003 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 2003.
2002 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 2002.
2001 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 2001.
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.
2013 in Ghana details events of note that has been predicted to happen in the Ghana in the year 2013.
2014 in Ghana details events of note that has been predicted to happen in the Ghana in the year 2014.
2015 in Ghana lists events of note that happened in the Ghana in the year 2015.
The presidency of John Atta Mills began on 7 January 2009 and ended on 24 July 2012. John Atta Mills, an NDC candidate, became the 3rd President of the Ghanaian Fourth Republic after he defeated NPP opponent Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2008 Ghanaian general election. After his death on 24 July 2012, John Atta Mills was succeeded by his vice president, John Mahama in accordance to the 1992 Constitution. He was the first Ghanaian Head of State to die in office.
