Prime Minister of Ghana

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The Prime Minister of Ghana was the head of government in Ghana’s parliamentary system during certain periods after independence, responsible for leading the executive branch and overseeing national policy.

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Label Occurrences
Prime Minister of Ghana canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government role ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolished 1960 ⓘ
1972 ⓘ
accountableTo Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ghana ⓘ
appointedBy Governor-General of Ghana ⓘ
President of Ghana ⓘ
constitutionalStatus head of government of Ghana ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
firstHolder Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
governmentForm parliamentary system ⓘ
hasCategory Government of Ghana ⓘ
Political history of Ghana ⓘ
Prime ministers by country ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasPower advise head of state on ministerial appointments ⓘ
chair Cabinet of Ghana ⓘ
lead government policy ⓘ
historicalPeriod post-independence Ghana ⓘ
inception 1957 ⓘ
6 March 1957 ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Ghana
lastHolder Kofi Abrefa Busia ⓘ
linked to: Kofi Busia
legislativeBody Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
locatedInTime 20th century ⓘ
nominatedBy majority party in Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
officeHolder Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson (as ceremonial vice role in later system) ⓘ
Kofi Abrefa Busia ⓘ
linked to: Kofi Busia

Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (acting) ⓘ
Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Prime Minister ⓘ
officeStatus defunct political office ⓘ
partOf Constitutional framework of Ghana (1957–1960) ⓘ
Second Republic of Ghana ⓘ
politicalSystemContext Westminster-style parliamentary system ⓘ
precededBy Leader of Government Business in the Gold Coast ⓘ
replacedBy Executive Presidency of Ghana ⓘ
President of Ghana ⓘ
residence Christiansborg Castle ⓘ
Flagstaff House ⓘ
responsibleFor executive branch of Ghana ⓘ
national policy of Ghana ⓘ
roleIn Government of Ghana ⓘ
seat Accra ⓘ
selectionMethod indirect election by Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
subordinateTo Governor-General of Ghana ⓘ
President of Ghana (in semi-presidential arrangements) ⓘ
linked to: President of Ghana
usedIn First Republic of Ghana ⓘ
Second Republic of Ghana ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kofi Abrefa Busia → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Kofi Busia
Kofi Abrefa Busia → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Busia