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Presidents of Ghana
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Ghana is a sovereign country in West Africa. It is a former British colony and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The country got its independence from the British on 6th March, 1957. From that time till now, it has had a checked political journey froth with four coups starting from 1966 when the first president and pan-African hero, Kwame Nkrumah, was deposed in a coup, to 1981 when Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings staged his second coup. The country from independence to date has gotten six democratically elected presidents. The six Presidents #Kwame Nkrumah #Edward Akufo-Addo #Hilla Limann #Jerry John Rawlings #John Kufour #John Evans Atta Mills Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah was Ghana's first president. His government was from 1st July 1960 to 24th February 1966. He was a pan-Africanist whose ideology was replicated in several African countries as those countries also got Independence from their respective colonial masters. Edward Akufo-Addo Edward Akufo-Addo was president from 31st August 1970 to 13th January 1972. Hilla Limann Hilla Limann ruled the country as president from the 24th of September 1979 to the 31st of December 1981 Jerry John Rawlings Jerry John Rawlings was president of the country from the 7th of January 1993 to the 7th of January 2001. John Agyekum Kufuor John Kufour was president of the country from the 7th of January 2001 to the 7th of January 2009. President John Evans Atta Mills John Atta Mills was elected in December 2008 with a wafer-thin margin of victory over the candidate of the then governing New Patriotic Party, Nana Akufo-Addo. He succeeded John Kufuor who stepped down from the presidency after having served the maximum permitted two four-year terms. It took Prof. Mills three attempts before he was elected president this was after defeat in 2000 and 2004 to Mr Kufuor.<ref name=INDEPENT/> During the campaign, Mr Mills, the candidate of the National Democratic Congress, described himself as a social democrat inspired by the social welfare ideas of the country's first independence-era president, Kwame Nkrumah. His life John Atta Mills was born on 21 July 1944 in the Western regional town of Tarkwa which is about 100 kilometers from Takoradi.<ref name=INDEPENT/> He studied law at the University of Ghana and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Widely known as "The Prof", he went on to teach law for nearly 25 years at his alma mater, before becoming national tax commissioner and then vice-president under President Rawlings. He is a keen hockey player, at one point even playing for the national team.<ref name=INDEPENT/> His Political life Prof. Mills served as vice-president of the country from1997 to 2000. He was vice-president to Jerry Rawlings during the former military ruler's term as democratically elected president.<ref name= INDEPENT/> 
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