Ghana president 1960 election
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13. Ghana (1957-present)
Pre-Crisis Phase (March 6, 1957-August 1, 1962): Ghana formally achieved its independence from the United Kingdom and became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations (CON) on March 6, 1957. Kwame Nkrumah of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) became the prime minister of Ghana on March 6, 1957. Three individuals were killed during post-independence riots in Alavanyo in March 1957. Dozens were injured during clashes between rival tribal groups in Accra on August 20, 1957. The government deported two Muslim leaders, Adamu Moshie and Adamu Gao, from the country on September 5, 1957. The United Party (UP) was established with the merger of the National Liberation Movement (NLM), Northern People’s Party (NPP), and other political parties, in October 1957. The government declared a state-of-emergency in Kumasi on December 30, 1957. Some 5,000 individuals were displaced from the city of Kumasi in the Ashanti region as a result of political violence
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Kwame Nkrumah
Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)
Francis Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained independence from Britain.[1] He was then the first Prime Minister and then the President of Ghana, from 1957 until 1966. An influential advocate of Pan-Africanism, Nkrumah was a founding member of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union in 1962.[2]
After twelve years abroad pursuing higher education, developing his political philosophy, and organizing with other diasporic pan-Africanists, Nkrumah returned to the Gold Coast to begin his political career as an advocate of national independence.[3] He formed the Convention People's Party, which achieved rapid success through its unprecedented appeal to the common voter.[4] He became
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1960 Ghanaian presidential election
Presidential elections were held for the first time in Ghana on 27 April 1960. The elections were held alongside a referendum on creating a republic with an executive presidency. The winner of the elections would become the country's first president if the new republican constitution was passed, which it did.
Candidates
[edit]There were only two candidates:
Results
[edit]Aftermath
[edit]After winning the election, and the passing of the new constitution in the simultaneous referendum, Nkrumah was inaugurated on 1 July 1960, replacing Governor-General William Hare as head of state. Danquah was imprisoned the following year under the Preventive Detention Act, but only held for a year. On his release, he was elected President of the Ghana Bar Association. He was imprisoned again in 1964 and died in jail.
Four years later, another referendum strengthened Nkrumah's powers and turned the country into a one-party state (with an official