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This is a list of the heads of state of Ghana, from the independence of Ghana in 1957 to the present day.[1]
From 1957 to 1960 the head of state under the Constitution of 1957 was Elizabeth II, who was also the Queen of the United Kingdom and the 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]