Ghana: Mahama sworn in as President

President John Dramani Mahama has been sworn in by the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, as President of the Republic of Ghana.

He, therefore, becomes the sixth President under the Fourth Republic.

Profile of Ghana’s fourth President under the Fourth Republic, John Dramani Mahama who is incidentally the fourth “John,” to ascend the high office of the President.

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings ascribed as the first “John,” ruled as a democratically-elected President from January 7, 1993 to January 6, 2001; Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor endorsed as the second “John,” from January 7, 2001 to January 6, 2009; and the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills, the third “John,” from January 7, 2009 to July 24, 2012.