Politics of Ghana takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the president of Ghana is both head of state and head of government,and of a two party system. The seat of government is at Golden Jubilee House. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and Parliament. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a Ghanaian politician who has served as the president of Ghana since 2017. He previously served as Attorney General from 2001 to 2003 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007 under the Kufuor-led administration.
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2008. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes,a run-off election was held on 28 December 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes,Nana Akufo-Addo of the governing New Patriotic Party and John Atta Mills of the opposition National Democratic Congress. Mills was certified as the victor by a margin of less than one percent,winning the presidency on his third attempt. It is to date the closest election in Ghanaian history.
Kibi or Kyebi is a town and the capital of the East Akim Municipal District,a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana,on the eastern slopes of the Atewa Range. Kibi lies at an altitude of 318 m and,in 2013,had a population of 11,677 people.
Nana Sir Ofori Atta I,KBE was the Okyenhene or King of the Akyem people and of Akyem Abuakwa,a traditional kingdom that stretches back to the thirteenth century and was one of the most influential kingdoms of the then Gold Coast Colony. He ruled from his election in 1912 until his death in 1943.
Atiwa is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Atiwa is located in the Atiwa district of the Eastern Region 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.
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2016 to elect a President and Members of Parliament. They had originally been scheduled for 7 November 2016,but the date was later rejected by Parliament. Former foreign minister Nana Akufo-Addo of the opposition New Patriotic Party was elected President on his third attempt,defeating incumbent President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress.
Abena Osei-Asare is a Chartered Accountant,Ghanaian politician and currently a Member of Parliament for Atiwa East in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
The Ofori-Atta family is composed of the bearers of an Akan language patronymic surname and their relatives. The family is of royal Akyem origins and has been active in business,politics,law and government in Ghana.
Dominic Aduna Bingab Nitiwul is a Ghanaian politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bimbilla constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana. He has also served in the Pan-African Parliament. Since February 2017,Nitiwul has held the office of Minister of Defence of Ghana.
Nii Ayikoi Otoo is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He belongs to the New Patriotic political party. He served as Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Ghana in the John Agyekum Kufour administration. He is currently Ghana's high commissioner to Canada.
Kwaku Afriyie is a Ghanaian politician,farmer and a member of the New Patriotic Party in Ghana. He was the Western Regional minister of Ghana from 2017 to 2018. He was appointed by President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo in January 2017 and was approved by the Members of Parliament in February 2017. He is the member of Parliament for Sefwi Wiawso constituency in the Western North Region of Ghana in 7th and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
Samuel Atta Akyea is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. A member of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana,he served as the Minister for Works and Housing until January 2021,and the current Member of Parliament of Akim Abuakwa South constituency. He is only the second person apart from President Nana Akufo-Addo to have been elected as MP of that constituency in the 4th republic.
Kwasi Annoh Ankama was a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament of the Atiwa constituency and a member of the New Patriotic Party. He died while in office on an official delegation to London. He was succeeded as MP by Kwesi Amoako Atta.
Akyem-Awenare is a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Abuakwa State College is a co-ed second cycle institution in Kibi in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Kwesi Amoako-Atta was a Ghanaian banker and politician. During the First Republic,he served as the Minister for Finance from 1964 to 1966. He also served as a member of parliament for the Akim Abuakwa West constituency from 1964 to 1965 and the Kade constituency from 1965 to 1966. Prior to politics,Amoako-Atta was a banker. He worked with the Bank of British West Africa and the Bank of the Gold Coast prior to his appointment as deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana. He was the deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana from 1960 until 1964 when he resigned to enter politics.
Stephen Pambiin Jalulah is a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament for the Pru West constituency in the Bono East region of Ghana. Currently,he is the Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways after he was sworn in by Nana Akufo-Addo.
