General elections were held in Ghana on 18 June 1979, with a second round of the presidential election on 9 July 1979. The presidential election resulted...
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been increased from 140 in 1979 to 200 and was won by the NDC which took 189 seats. In the 1996 Ghanaian general election, Rawlings won a second term...
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Victor Owusu (category Use Ghanaian English from January 2023)
was the Popular Front Party's presidential candidate for the 1979 Ghanaian general election. Owusu was born on 26 December 1923 in Agona, Ashanti Region...
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Electoral Commission of Ghana (redirect from Election Commission of Ghana)
Kingsley-Nyinah was appointed in his place. He supervised the 1979 Ghanaian general election which ushered in the Third Republic. This period ended with...
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June 4th revolution in Ghana (redirect from 1979 Ghanaian coup d'état)
government on 15 May 1979. This failed coup had happened because Rawlings, a junior soldier in the Ghanaian Army, and other Ghanaian soldiers were not given...
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election, and the passing of the new constitution in the simultaneous referendum, Nkrumah was inaugurated on 1 July 1960, replacing Governor-General William...
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Presidential elections were held in Ghana on 3 November 1992. They were the first contested elections held in the country since 1979, and only the fourth...
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Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko (category Ghanaian MPs 1979–1981)
in the 1979 Ghanaian general election but never got to take his seat in parliament. His execution followed a coup d'état on 4 June 1979 which led to...
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List of MPs elected in the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election "29 December 1992 Parliamentary Election". African Elections Database. Albert C. Nunley. Retrieved...
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Afrimedia International. 1979: 1910. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) 1979 Ghanaian parliamentary election Parliament of Ghana Jacob...
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The 2020 Ghanaian general election was held on 7 December 2020 to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic. The...
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List of political parties in Ghana (redirect from List of Ghanaian political parties)
broadcaster, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation leading up to the 2020 Ghanaian general election. In 2018, there were 24 political parties listed on the website...
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List of Mfantsipim School alumni (category Lists of Ghanaian people by school affiliation)
National Reform Party and presidential candidate in the 2000 Ghanaian general election Emmanuel Gyekye Tanoh - Minister of state in the PNDC regime Samuel...
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colonies in the region. The new republic's first independent currency was the Ghanaian pound (1958–1965). In 1965, Ghana decided to leave the British colonial...
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Parliament of Ghana (redirect from Ghanaian parliament)
list of current members, see List of MPs elected in the 2020 Ghanaian general election. The composition of the Parliament has changed over the years...
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Yussif Issaka Jajah (category Use Ghanaian English from January 2023)
Yussif Issaka Jajah (born 21 October 1979) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing...
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Osei Asibey (category 20th-century Ghanaian politicians)
a member of the Popular Front Party and was elected in the 1979 Ghanaian general election to represent the people of Asukwa in the 1st Parliament of the...
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of Ibrahim Mahama for the Social Democratic Front in the 1979 Ghanaian general election. They won 3.72% of the vote, coming fifth. He left for Kenya where...
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Akwasi Afrifa (category Ghanaian MPs 1979–1981)
Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa (24 April 1936 – 26 June 1979) was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, traditional ruler and politician. He was the head...
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Jerry Rawlings (category Use Ghanaian English from January 2023)
1947 – 12 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001...
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S. K. Riley-Poku (category 20th-century Ghanaian lawyers)
the Constituent Assembly which drafted the 1979 Ghana constitution prior to the 1979 Ghanaian general election. Riley-Poku was a member of the People's...
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Samuel Asante-Fosuhene (category 20th-century Ghanaian politicians)
a member of the Popular Front Party and was elected in the 1979 Ghanaian general election to represent the people of Adansi in the 1st Parliament of the...
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The Ghanaian people are a nation originating in the Ghanaian Gold Coast. Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant...
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Ernest Seth Yaney (category Use Ghanaian English from January 2023)
by Samuel U. Dalafu of the Popular Front Party (PFP) in the 1979 Ghanaian general election. Ghana Parliamentary Register 1969-70. Ghana Year Book. Graphic...
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Joseph Bukari Alhassan (category Use Ghanaian English from January 2023)
in 1979 Ghanaian general election. Ghana Year Book. Daily Graphic. 1971. The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth. General Council...
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Joseph Kingsley-Nyinah (category 20th-century Ghanaian judges)
under Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings in June 1979 and went on to oversee the 1979 Ghanaian general election. His tenure ended when the government of Hilla...
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the Supreme Military Council (SMC) in 1975. In 1979, the SMC was overthrown yet again in the 1979 Ghanaian coup d'état, leading to the Armed Forces Revolutionary...
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Joseph Kwesi Mbimadong (category Use Ghanaian English from January 2023)
Francis Kwame Donkor of the People's National Party (PNP) in 1979 Ghanaian general election. Mbimadong is a Christian. Ghana Parliamentary Register 1969-70...
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elected in the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election Busia government Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data...
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Yisifu Yinusa (category Use Ghanaian English from January 2023)
Mahamudu of the Social Democratic Front elected during the 1979 Ghanaian general election.[citation needed] Ghana Parliamentary Register 1969-70. Office...
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