Ghana By facebooker_1439552382795036 1947 UGCC Established 1948 Riots after British Police kill 3 Veterans 1949 Nkrumah Founds CPP Mar 6, 1957 Independence! Nkrumah Prime-Minister 1960 Becomes Republic - Nkrumah President 1964 Becomes one-party state 1966 Nkrumah Overthrown by NLC 1969 New Constitution under Busia 1972 Busia overthrown by Aceampong 1978 Acheampong forced to resign - Akuffo 1979 Akuffo deposed by Rawlings 1979 Rawlings hands over to Limann 1981 Limann ousted by Rawlings after weak governance 1983 Rawlings adopts free market-economies and privitisation 1992 Elections - Rawlings holds political parties until 6 months 1996 Rawlings elected 2000 Kufuor Elected 2004 Kufuor Second Term 2008 Atta-Mills elected 2012 Atta-Mills Dies, Mahama interim head of state 2017 Nana Akufo-Addo elected