Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa was a Ghanaian soldier,farmer,traditional ruler and politician. He was the head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969 and then chairman of the Presidential Commission between 1969 and 1970. He continued as a farmer and political activist. He was elected a member of Parliament in 1979,but he was executed before he could take his seat. He was executed together with two other former heads of state,General Kutu Acheampong and General Fred Akuffo,and five other generals,in June 1979. He was also popularly referred to by his title Okatakyie Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa and was in addition the abakomahene of Krobo in the Asante-Mampong Traditional Area of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana,Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC).
Aaron Mike Oquaye is a Ghanaian barrister and politician who served as the sixth Speaker of Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana from 2017 to 2021. An academic,diplomat and Baptist minister,he previously held the cabinet ministerial portfolios for energy and communication and was also the High Commissioner of Ghana to India (2002–04) in the Kufuor administration.
The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana.
The prime minister of Ghana was the head of government of Ghana from 1957 to 1960 and again from 1969 to 1972.
Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 August 1969,the first since the 1966 coup by the National Liberation Council which toppled the Nkrumah government.
Kwaku Baah is a Ghanaian lawyer and a politician. He was a deputy minister in the second republic,the minority leader in the third republic and vice chairman of the National Democratic Congress in the fourth republic. He also served as a member of parliament for Nkawkaw Constituency in the second and third Republic of Ghana.
Patrick Kwame Kusi Quaidoo (1924-2002) was a Ghanaian politician and businessman. He served in various ministerial portfolios in the first republic and also served as a member of parliament in the first and second republic. He was the founder of the Republican Party and a founding member and leader of the All People's Republican Party.
Kofi Badu was a Ghanaian politician and journalist. He served as a member of parliament during Ghana's first republic and a minister of state during the Supreme Military Council (SMC) era and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) era. As a journalist,he was editor for various newspapers.
Modesto Kwasi Apaloo was a Ghanaian politician. He was a Member of parliament and was the founder and leader of the defunct Anlo Youth Organisation.
Joseph Addison Anyan is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of the first parliament of the second Republic of Ghana. He represented Agona constituency under the membership of the Progress Party (PP).
Kwaku Sekyi-Appiah is a Ghanaian politician who was a member of the first parliament of the second Republic of Ghana. He represented Asikuma-Brakwa constituency under the membership of the progress party (PP).
Kwame Poku Agyekum was a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana. He represented the Amansie Central constituency in parliament on the ticket of the Progress Party.
Isaiah Kwaku Osei-Duah is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of the first parliament of the second Republic of Ghana. He represented the Asutifi constituency under the membership of the progress party (PP).
Anane Antwi-Kusi was a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana representing Tano constituency under the membership of the Progress Party.
Benard Kwaku Mensah was a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana representing Krachi Constituency under the membership of the Progress Party (PP).
Daniel Kwasi Avoke is a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana representing East Dayi Constituency under the membership of the National Alliance of Liberals (NAL).
Ayamba Atia is a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana representing Zebilla Constituency under the membership of the National Alliance of Liberals (NAL).
Azabiri Ayamga is a Ghanaian politician and member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana representing Bongo constituency in the Upper Region of Ghana under the membership of the Progess Party (PP).
The Political history of Ghana recounts the history of varying political systems that existed in Ghana during pre-colonial times,the colonial era and after independence. Pre-colonial Ghana was made up of several states and ethnic groups whose political system was categorized by 3 main administrative models;Centralized,Non-centralized and Theocratic states. In the colonial era,the British Empire employed different forms of government among its four territorial possessions in the Gold Coast. Indirect rule was implemented in the late 19th century after its success in Northern Nigeria. From the 1940s,native Ghanaians yearned for more autonomy. This resulted in the several constitutional reforms as well as the creation of the office of the Prime Minister in 1952.
