First Republic of Ghana

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The First Republic of Ghana was the period from 1960 to 1966 when Ghana functioned as a sovereign republic under President Kwame Nkrumah’s leadership following independence from British colonial rule.

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Label Occurrences
First Republic of Ghana canonical 3
Ghana's First Republic 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
republic
capital Accra NERFINISHED
constitution 1960 Constitution of Ghana
constitutionalChange transition from constitutional monarchy to republic
constitutionalStatus republic within the Commonwealth of Nations
continent Africa
country Ghana
coupDate 1966-02-24
currency Ghanaian pound NERFINISHED
deposedBy 1966 Ghanaian coup d'état
economicPolicy import substitution industrialization
state-led industrialization
endDate 1966-02-24
establishedAfter independence of Ghana from the United Kingdom
firstPresident Kwame Nkrumah NERFINISHED
followedBy National Liberation Council military government NERFINISHED
foreignPolicyOrientation Pan-African unity
non-alignment
governmentType unitary presidential republic
headOfGovernment Kwame Nkrumah NERFINISHED
headOfState Kwame Nkrumah NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance first republican era in Ghana’s political history
ideologicalLeader Kwame Nkrumah NERFINISHED
independenceDate 1957-03-06
independenceFrom United Kingdom
internationalOrganizationMembership Commonwealth of Nations NERFINISHED
Organization of African Unity NERFINISHED
United Nations NERFINISHED
leaderTitle President of Ghana
legalSystem common law
legislature National Assembly of Ghana NERFINISHED
majorEvent declaration of Ghana as a republic
majorEventDate 1960-07-01
nationalMotto Freedom and Justice NERFINISHED
notableInfrastructureProgram Akosombo Dam project GENERATED
notablePolicy promotion of African unity
support for anti-colonial movements in Africa
officialLanguage English
politicalIdeology African socialism
Pan-Africanism
precededBy Dominion of Ghana NERFINISHED
rulingParty Convention People's Party NERFINISHED
securityService Ghana Armed Forces NERFINISHED
Ghana Police Service NERFINISHED
startDate 1960-07-01
stateReligionStatus secular state
territoryIncludes British Togoland (UN trust territory under British administration) NERFINISHED
Gold Coast (former British colony) NERFINISHED

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Convention People’s Party governedUnderConstitution First Republic of Ghana
subject surface form: Convention People's Party
Dark Days in Ghana about First Republic of Ghana
this entity surface form: Ghana's First Republic
1966 Ghanaian coup d’état overthrew First Republic of Ghana
1966 Ghanaian coup d’état precededBy First Republic of Ghana