Sebelum kemerdekaannya pada 1957, Ghana dikenali sebagai koloni British Gold Coast.

N	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
			Took office	Left office
		Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)	6 March 1957	1 July 1960	Convention People's Party
	Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (First Republic: 1960–1966)
		Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)	1 July 1960	24 February 1966 (Deposed in a coup d'état)	Convention People's Party
	Presidents as Head of State (Second Republic: 1966–1972)
		Joseph Ankrah (1915–1992) Chairman of the NLC	24 February 1966	2 April 1969	Military
		Akwasi Afrifa (1936–1979) Chairman of the NLC until 3 September 1969, thereafter Chairman of the Presidential Commission	2 April 1969	7 August 1970	Military
		Nii Amaa Ollennu (1906–1986)	7 August 1970	31 August 1970	Independent
		Edward Akufo-Addo (1906–1979)	31 August 1970	13 January 1972 (Deposed in a coup d'état)	Independent
		Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913–1978) (Prime Minister & Acting President)	1 October 1969	13 January 1972 (Deposed in a coup d'état)	Progress Party
		Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931–1979) Chairman of the NRC until 9 October 1975, thereafter Chairman of the SMC	13 January 1972	5 July 1978 (Deposed in a palace coup d'état)	Military
		Fred Akuffo (1937–1979) Chairman of the SMC	5 July 1978	4 June 1979 (Deposed in a coup d'état)	Military
	Presidents as Head of State (Third Republic: 1979–1981)
		Jerry Rawlings (1947–2020) Chairman of the AFRC	4 June 1979	24 September 1979	Military
		Hilla Limann (1934–1998)	24 September 1979	31 December 1981 (Deposed in a coup d'état)	People's National Party
		Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson	30 December 1981	31 December 1981
		Jerry Rawlings (1947–2020) Chairman of the PNDC	31 December 1981	7 January 1993	Military
	Presidents of the Republic of Ghana (Fourth Republic: since 1993)
		Jerry Rawlings (1947–2020)	7 January 1993	7 January 2001	National Democratic Congress
		Ekow Nkensen Arkaah	2 May 1994	10 May 1994
		Jerry Rawlings	10 May 1994	7 January 2001
		John Atta Mills	7 January 2000	7 January 2000
		Jerry Rawlings	7 January 2000	7 January 2001
		John Kufuor (born 1938)	7 January 2001	7 January 2009	New Patriotic Party
		Aliu Mahama	7 January 2008	7 January 2008
		John Kufuor	7 January 2008	7 January 2009
		John Atta Mills (1944–2012)	7 January 2009	24 July 2012	National Democratic Congress
		John Mahama (born 1958)	24 July 2012	7 January 2017	National Democratic Congress
		Kwesi Amissah-Arthur	6 August 2012	31 August 2012
		John Mahama	31 August 2012	7 January 2017
		Nana Akufo-Addo (born 1944)	7 January 2017	7 January 2018	New Patriotic Party
		Mahamudu Bawumia	7 January 2018	7 January 2018
		Nana Akufo-Addo	7 January 2018	18 January 2018
		Aaron Mike Oquaye	18 January 2018	25 January 2018
		Nana Akufo-Addo	25 January 2018	7 January 2025
		John Mahama	7 January 2025	Incumbent,

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