National
Presidency of the Republic of Ghana
Governs Ghana
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- Must be held by December 2028 (no fixed date) General election · President of the Republic of Ghana
Who sits on it
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President of the Republic of Ghana
Elected
- JM John Dramani Mahama since January 2025 NDC
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Vice President of Ghana
Elected
- JO Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang Vice President of Ghana · since January 2025 NDC
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Republic of Ghana parliament.gh · checked
- John Dramani Mahama as President of the Republic of Ghana en.wikipedia.org · checked
- Vice President of Ghana parliament.gh · checked
- Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as Vice President of Ghana en.wikipedia.org · checked
What it can do
- Executive authority
Executive authority of Ghana is vested in the President and is exercised in accordance with the Constitution (art 58(1)).
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Sources for what it can do
- Executive authority parliament.gh · checked
Sources
- parliament.gh · checked Constitution of Ghana 1992 (arts 58, 78, 93, 125, 255-256) for the structure of the institutions, cited from knowledge, article text not re-read this session; websites: parliament.gh, judicial.gov.gh, presidency.gov.gh (all returned HTTP 200 on 2026-10-12). For: Presidency of the Republic of Ghana
- parliament.gh · checked Constitution of Ghana 1992, article cited in each description; paraphrased from knowledge, article text not re-read this session. For: Executive authority
- parliament.gh · checked Constitution of Ghana 1992 (arts 47, 60-66, 78, 95, 128, 144, 255-256): composition, size and selection of each office; article text not re-read this session. 276 constituencies per Wikipedia "List of MPs elected in the 2024 Ghanaian general election", read 2026-10-12. For: President of the Republic of Ghana, Vice President of Ghana
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Fallback: Wikipedia, "Mahama government from 2025", read 2026-10-12: President and Vice President since 2025-01-07. For: John Dramani Mahama as President of the Republic of Ghana, Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as Vice President of Ghana
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitution of Ghana 1992 (Constitute Project text), arts 63(2) and 66(1), read 2026-10-12: presidential election not later than one month before the term expires; term four years from swearing-in (2025-01-07). date_kind changed from fixed to latest_possible because 7 December is a practice, not a date fixed by law. For: General election, December 7, 2028
- ghanaiantimes.com.gh · checked Ghanaian Times / Electoral Commission statements 2024 on moving polling day from 7 December to November from 2028; no enacted change found in searches read 2026-10-12. Date 2028-12-07 is the continuation of the 7 December practice, not an announced 2028 date; Electoral Commission page not consulted. For: General election, December 7, 2028