Talk:List of heads of state of Ghana

--JohnArmagh 08:56, 16 July 2005 (UTC)Does anyone have a reliable source for this information. I'm looking at the official Ghana government website, http://www.ghana.gov.gh/governing/ghglance.php at it gives a different list of leaders than the one listed here.

Perhaps there is some discrepency between the who had the title of president and who was actually the leader of the country???

The lists are mostly the same. The only difference is that the government site lists the prime minister between 1969 and 1972, while we list the Head of State. I must say that the list here (like all of the lists created by User:JohnArmagh), is incredibly annoying to look at. john k 00:46, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

I respect both the work and opinions of john k, though in this instance the observation is quite subjective. The lists are more structured and contain more relevant information than was the case previously, and it does not take Einstein to work out what is going on in them, whereas in the non-tabular format they tended to look rather messy. --JohnArmagh 05:50, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Hey JohnArmagh, what was your source for the list of presidents? I am trying to reconcile the different lists I have come across. --Davidley 13:40, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

I have been reading an account of politics in Ghana 1969 to 1972 http://country-studies.com/ghana/the-national-liberation-council-and-the-busia-years,-1966-71.html and from what I can see from this source, despite the official Ghana government website's inclusion of Dr Busia as President/Head of State - he was actually Prime Minister rather than head of state.

Kofi Busia was directly elected in 1969 elections, from the Progress Party. Are you sure he was prime minister and not president? In Ghana's presidential system, the role of the prime minister is very heavily circumscribed.

Why is queen elizabeth and numerous british official listed as Ghana's former leaders? They were leaders of the Gold Coast, not Ghana, they are different. It's like listing King George was one of The United States' former leaders, that's preposterous. If you can accept that the first leader of The United States was george Washington, why can't you accept that the first leader of Ghana was kwame Nkrumah? I think they should be removed immediately. Kwame1234 03:21, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

The first head of state of independent Ghana was Elizabeth II. She was Queen of Ghana just as much as she is Queen of Australia. I am certainly no monarchist (quite the opposite in fact), or colonialist, and nor am I an apologist for the monarchy or colonialism. The article merely indicates the facts. Nkrumah was the first head of state of the republic, but the republic did not exist until 3 years after independence. To draw analogy with the United States is totally falacious and irrelevant, as the British monarch was never head of state of an independent United States. --JohnArmagh (talk) 20:41, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

john Armagh is right why did Ghana became a republic in 1960 why do you think we celebrate it as a holiday what is the significant of the republican status that we achieved in 1960.The queen was still the head of state of Ghana from 1957-1960. concerning Dr Abrefa Busia he was a prime minister not president during his time Ghana had a ceremonial president in the name of Edward Akuffo Addo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.210.20.173 (talk) 21:58, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Queen of Ghana?

I removed the recent edit making Queen Elizabeth "Queen of Ghana". I don't see any sources saying that she used that title. I agree that she was the queen (I saw some photos of her 1961 visit), but did she use that title? I'm not sure what title she used in relation to Ghana. I'm quibbling, I know, but royalty is all about quibbling over titles. Brianyoumans (talk) 14:10, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes; there was a Royal Titles Act promulgated in 1957 giving her the following title in relation to Ghana : 'Queen of Ghana and her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.'Also, by the time of the 1961 Royal visit you refer to, Ghana had already become a Republic and she was no longer Queen of Ghana.JWULTRABLIZZARD (talk) 20:33, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm... I think you are correct. The Royal Titles Act was actually passed in 1953, but it gave the British government the ability to give the queen appropriate titles in relation to Commonwealth countries, so that was presumably done on Ghana's independence in 1957. My apologies, I will revert my reversion. Brianyoumans (talk) 02:03, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

That was the Royal titles act for the UK, separate but simultaneous acts were passed for Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, and South Africa. As each commonwealth realm became independent, they each passed their own Royal Titles Act, starting with Ghana in 1957.JWULTRABLIZZARD (talk) 06:18, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

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