Ghana Presidents And Their Senior High schools

Ghana Presidents And The Senior High schools

mySHSrank Presents To You A List Of The Heads Of State Of Ghana From Ghana's Independence In 1957 To The Present Day 2021.

You might be wondering what senior high schools did the current and former presidents attend because you will be happy if the president of the country is a product of your high school.

 

  • Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah attended Mfansipim senior high school, Mfantsipim is an all-boys boarding secondary school in Cape Coast, Ghana

 

  • Joseph Arthur Ankrah was a General of the army of Ghana who served as the 2nd President of Ghana from 1966 to 1969 in the position of Chairman of the National Liberation Council. In 1932, he entered Accra Academy, one of the leading secondary schools in Ghana

 

  • Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa (3rd Head of state of Ghana Military Head of state) was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, traditional ruler, and politician. He attended Adisadel College, popularly known as "ADISCO", is an Anglican boys' boarding school in Cape Coast, Ghana.

 

  • Edward Akufo-Addo was a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the "Big Six" leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and one of the founding fathers of Ghana who engaged in the fight for Ghana's independence. He became the Chief Justice (1966–70) and later President (1970–72) of the Republic of Ghana. He attended Achimota School, which is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

 

  • Ignatius Kutu Acheampong was a military head of state of Ghana who ruled from 13 January 1972 to 5 July 1978, when he was deposed in a palace coup. He attended the then Central College of Commerce at Agona Swedru in the Central Region of Ghana.

 

  • Jerry John Rawlings is a former Ghanaian military leader and subsequent politician who ruled the country from 1981 to 2001 and also for a brief period in 1979. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana. Rawlings finished his secondary education at Achimota College in 1967.

 

  • John Kufuor was the second president of Ghana under the Fourth Republic. The former Prempeh College Student is known by some as the Gentle Giant. President Kufuor has never shied away from his association with Prempeh College even when he came into the limelight of politics.

 

  • John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012. He attended Achimota School which is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

 

  • John Dramani Mahama is a Ghanaian politician who served as President of Ghana from 24 July 2012 to 7 January 2017. John Mahama, former Ghana head of state is actually a product of both Achimota School and Ghana Secondary school, Temale.

 

  • Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is currently the President of Ghana. He has been in office since 7 January 2017. He completed his O-level and A-level at Lancing College, Lancing College is an independent boarding and day school in southern England, UK

 

Contributor: mySHSrank Source: Johnny Doe
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