President of Ghana

President of the Republic of Ghana
Presidential Seal of Ghana
Presidential Standard of Ghana
Incumbent John Mahama since 7 January 2025
Style	His Excellency
Type	Head of state Head of government
Residence	Jubilee House
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Ghana (1992)
Inaugural holder	Kwame Nkrumah
Formation	6 March 1957; 68 years ago (1957-03-06)
Deputy	Vice President of Ghana
Salary	934,800 Ghanaian cedi/US$76,000 annually[1]
Website	(in English) presidency.gov.gh (in English) ghana.gov.gh

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The president of the Republic of Ghana is the elected head of state and head of government of Ghana, as well as commander-in-chief of the Ghana Armed Forces. The current president of Ghana is John Mahama, who won the 2024 presidential election against then vice president, Mahamudu Bawumia, by a margin of 14.94%. He was sworn into office on 7 January 2025. From 1957 to 1960 the head of state under the Constitution of 1957 was the queen of Ghana, Elizabeth II, who was also the monarch of other Commonwealth realms.^[2] The monarch was represented in Ghana by a governor-general.^[3] Ghana became a republic within the Commonwealth under the Constitution of 1960 and the monarch and governor-general were replaced by an executive president.^[4]