List of Ghana Heads of state by age
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This is a list of Ghana Heads of state by age. This table can be sorted to display Heads of state of Ghana by order of office (OO), date of birth, age at ascension, length of retirement, date of death or lifespan. Age at ascension is determined by the day a head of state assumed office, not the day of the election.

Two measures of longevity are given; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each President. The first column is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; the second column breaks this number down into years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the President lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday.

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 President Date of
birth		 Date of
ascension		 Age at
ascension
 End of
term		 Length of
term
 Length of
retirement
 Date of
death		 Lifespan
1 Queen Elizabeth IIQueen Elizabeth II[a] 1926-04-21Apr 21, 1926 Mar 6, 1957 30y 10m 13d30y 10m 13d Jul 1, 1960 01,2131,213 17,63017,630 2008-10-7 30,120d
82y 169d
2 Nkrumah, KwameKwame Nkrumah[b] 1909-09-21Sep 21, 1909 Jul 1, 1960 50y 09m 10d50y 9m 108d Feb 24, 1966 02,0642,064 02,2542,254 1972-04-27Apr 27, 1972 22,864d
62y 219d
3 Ankrah, Joseph Joseph Arthur
Ankrah		 1915-08-18Aug 18, 1915 Feb 24, 1966 50y 06m 06d50y 6m 6d Apr 2, 1969 01,1331,133 08,6388,638 1992-11-25Nov 25, 1992 28,224d
77y 99d
4 Afrifa, AkwasiAkwasi Amankwaa
Afrifa		 1936-04-24Apr 24, 1936 Apr 2, 1969 32y 11m 09d32y 11m 9d Aug 7, 1970 00,492492 03,2453,245 1979-06-26Jun 26, 1979 15,768d
43y 63d
5 Ollennu, Nii AmaaNii Amaa
Ollennu[c]		 1906-00-001906 Aug 7, 1970 64y 00m 00dabout 64y Aug 31, 1970 00,02424 05,8445,844 1986-00-001986 29,220d
about 80y
6 Akufo-Addo, EdwardEdward
Akufo-Addo[d]		 1906-06-26Jun 26, 1906 Aug 31, 1970 64y 02m 05d64y 2m 5d Jan 13, 1972 00,500500 02,7422,742 1979-06-16Jul 17, 1979 26,684d
73y 21d
6b Busia, KofiKofi Abrefa
Busia[d]		 1913-07-11Jul 11, 1913 Oct 1, 1969 55y 02m 20d55y 2m 20d Jan 13, 1972 00,834834 02,4192,419 1978-08-28Aug 28, 1978 23,789d
65y 48d
7 Acheampong, IgnatiusIgnatius Kutu
Acheampong		 1931-09-23Sep 23, 1931 Jan 13, 1972 40y 03m 21d40y 3m 21d Jul 5, 1978 02,3732,373 00,346346 1979-06-16Jun 16, 1979 17,433d
47y 266d
8 Akuffo, FredFred
Akuffo		 1937-03-21Mar 21, 1937 Jul 5, 1978 41y 03m 15d41y 3m 15d Jun 4, 1979 00,334334 00,02222 1979-06-26Jun 26, 1979 15,437d
42y 97d
9 Rawlings, JerryJerry
Rawlings [e]		 1947-06-22Jun 22, 1947 Jun 4, 1979 31y 11m 13d31y 11m 13d Sep 24, 1979 00,112112 00,829829 2008-10-7 22,388d
61y 107d
10 Limann, HillHilla
Limann		 1934-12-12Dec 12, 1934 Sep 24, 1979 44y 09m 12d44y 9m 12d Dec 31, 1981 00,829829 05,8675,867 1998-01-23Jan 23, 1998 23,053d
63y 42d
11 Rawlings, JerryJerry
Rawlings [e]		 1947-06-22Jun 22, 1947 Dec 31, 1981 34y 06m 09d34y 6m 9d Jan 7, 2001 06,9476,947 2,8302,830 2008-10-7 22,388d
61y 107d
12 Kufuor, JohnJohn
Kufuor		 1938-12-08Dec 8, 1938 Jan 7, 2001 62y 00m 30d62y 0m 30d Jan 7, 2009 2,8302,830 [f] 00,0000 [f] 2008-10-7 25,506d
69y 304d
OO
 President Date of
birth		 Date of
ascension		 Age at
ascension
 End of
term		 Length of
term
 Length of
retirement
 Date of
death		 Lifespan



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Statistics

  • Queen Elizabeth II and Jerry Rawlings are the only living former heads of state.
  • Queen Elizabeth II is:
    • The first head of state in 1957.
    • The youngest person to become head of state at  30 years, 319 days.
    • The head of state with the "longest retirement" of &0000000000000048.00000048 years, &0000000000000098.00000098 days (or 17,630 days).
    • The oldest head of state still living at &0000000000000082.00000082 years, &0000000000000169.000000169 days.

Excluding Queen Elizabeth II are the native Ghanaian heads of state.

  • Kwame Nkrumah is:
    • The first Ghanaian to be president when he assumed the presidency on Ghana becoming a republic.
    • The first president to die, when he died from cancer in Bucharest, Romania in 1972.
  • Joseph Arthur Ankrah is:
    • The first military head of state after the coup in 1966.
    • The longest lived head of state at 77 years, 99 days.
    • The Ghanaian head of state with the longest retirement at 8,638 days.
  • Edward Akufo-Addo is:
    • The president of earliest birth on June 26, 1906.
    • The oldest person to become head of state at the age of  64 years, 66 days.
    • The first head of state to die within Ghana.
  • Fred Akuffo is:
    • The head of state with the shortest retirement as he was executed 22 days after being overthrown in a coup d'état.
    • The youngest head of state to die at 42 years, 97 days.
  • Jerry Rawlings is:
    • The head of state of most recent birth on June 22, 1947.
    • The youngest Ghanaian to become head of state at 31 years, 347 days.
    • The last military head of state after the coup in 1981.
    • The first African military ruler, who gained political legitimacy through the ballot-box and handed over power at the end of his mandate.[1]
    • The youngest president still living at &0000000000000061.00000061 years, &0000000000000107.000000107 days.
    • The longest rule by a military head of state of 11 years, 7 days.
    • The one with the shortest term of office for a substantive head of state of 112 days in 1979.
    • The one with the longest term of office of 6,947 days (or 19 years, 7 days), from 1981 to 2001. Adding his rule in 1979 makes it 7,059 days (or 19 years, 119 days) in all.
    • The first elected president to complete his term of office successfully.
  • John Kufuor is:
    • The oldest president still living at &0000000000000069.00000069 years, &0000000000000304.000000304 days.
    • On 27 June 2004, Kufuor became the oldest president still at post in Ghana surpassing Akufo-Addo's record of 65 years 201 days.
    • The first elected president to succeed another elected one through the ballot box.

Trivia

Notes

  1. ^ The queen continued as head of state represented locally by a Governor General until Ghana became a republic on July 1, 1960.
  2. ^ Kwame Nkrumah was Prime Minister from March 6, 1957 but became President when Ghana became a republic on July 1, 1960.
  3. ^ An estimate as exact dates not available. He was an interim president.
  4. ^ Edward Akufo-Addo was a ceremonial president while Kofi Busia as Prime Minister was the head of government and exercised executive power on the president's behalf.
  5. ^ Jerry Rawlings came to power twice through coups and during his second reign, converted to a civilian president after democratic elections.
  6. ^ John Kufuor is the incumbent president.

References

  1. ^ "Historic vote for Ghana", BBC Online (7 December 2000). Retrieved on 2007-07-28. 

See also

v • d • e
     Heads of state and Prime Ministers of the Republic of Ghana     Flag of Ghana
Presidents (1960-)
Nkrumah • Ankrah †  • Afrifa †  • Ollennu *  • Akufo-Addo • Acheampong †  • Akuffo †  • Rawlings †  • Limann • Rawlings • Kufuor
Prime Ministers
Kwame Nkrumah (1957-60)• Kofi Abrefa Busia (1969-72)
† military     * interim
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