History 

Political highlights

1957 - independence, Nkrumah of CPP is PM

1960 - declared republic, one party system, presidential system

1966 - military overthrow of 1st republic

1969 - 2nd republic, Busia of PP is PM

1972 - military overthrow of 2nd republic

1978 - palace coup to restructure military government

1979 - junior officer uprising and military housecleaning

1979 - ushered third republic, Limann of PNP is President

1981 - overthrow of the constitutional PNP gov't by the PNDC military junta

1983 - Attempted overthrow of the PNDC junta by other junior army men

1992 - Rawlings of NDC is Dem elected as President

1996 - Rawlings of NDC is re-elected

2001 - Kuffour (NPP) is President

2005 - Kufuor begins second-term in office

2009 - John Evans Atta Mills (NDC) is President

2012 - John Dramani Mahama (NDC) is sworn in as President following death of President Mills