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Political history of Ghana

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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.

The Gold Coast gained independence in 1957

under the legal name of Ghana. Prime Minister,
Kwame Nkrumah was elected as the 1st
President of Ghana in 1960. The government of
Kwame Nkrumah won the approval of a
constitutional referendum in 1964, that made
Ghana a One-party state and him, president for
life. The Nkrumah government was deposed in a
Coup initiated by the National Liberation
Council. Ghana became a Republic once more
on 1 October 1969 when the National Liberation
Council handed power over to civilian rule. A
new constitution was drafted based on the
parliamentary system of government in the
United Kingdom. Between 1972 and 1979,
Ghana fell under the rule of several military
dictators. John Jerry Rawlings led an uprising
on 4 June 1979 which transitioned the country
to democratic rule by September 1979.

In 1981, John Rawlings seized the country in a

Coup and the military government ruled Ghana
until 1993, when a transition process was in
place to hand over power from the military back
to civilian rule. The 4th Republic was
inaugurated on 7 January 1993.

Pre-colonial Ghana

Colonial era

Independence

Recent history

Citations

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