List of Ghana heads of state by age

This is a list of Ghanaian Presidents by age. This table can be sorted to display Ghanaian Presidents by name, order of office, date of birth, age at inauguration, length of retirement, or lifespan.

Two measures of longevity are given; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each President. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parentheses the same period given in years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the President lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday. Where the president in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to 11 December 2016.

Overview

The median age of accession is roughly 47 years and 8 months, which falls between Joseph Ankrah and Hilla Limann. The youngest person to become president was Jerry Rawlings (age 31 years, 347 days). The oldest president to become president was John A. Mills (age 64 years, 170 days).

The oldest living former president is John Kufuor, born 8 December 1938 (aged 78 years, 3 days). The youngest living former president is Jerry Rawlings, born 22 June 1947 (aged 69 years, 172 days).

The longest-lived president was Nii Amaa Ollennu, who died at the age of 80 years , 215 days. the shortest lived was Fred Akuffo, who died at the age of 42 years, 97 days.

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Ghanaian Presidents' ages

#
 President
 Date of birth
 Date of
inauguration		 Age at
inauguration
 End of
term		 Length of
retirement
 Date of death
 Lifespan
1 Kwame Nkrumah 21 September 1909 1 July 1960 50 years, 284 days 24 February 1966 2,254 days 27 April 1972 22,864 days (62 years, 219 days)
2 Joseph Ankrah 18 August 1915 24 February 1966 50 years, 190 days 2 April 1969 8,638 days 25 November 1992 28,224 days (77 years, 99 days)
3 Akwasi Afrifa 24 April 1936 2 April 1969 32 years, 343 days 7 August 1970 3,245 days 26 June 1979 15,768 days (43 years, 63 days)
4 Nii Ollennu[1] 21 May 1906 7 August 1970 64 years, 78 days 31 August 1970 5,957 days 22 December 1986 29,435 days (80 years, 215 days)
5 Edward Akufo-Addo 26 June 1906 31 August 1970 64 years, 66 days 13 January 1972 2,742 days 17 July 1979 26,684 days (73 years, 21 days)
6 Ignatius Acheampong 23 September 1931 13 January 1972 40 years, 112 days 5 July 1978 346 days 16 June 1979 17,433 days (47 years, 266 days)
7 Fred Akuffo 21 March 1937 5 July 1978 41 years, 106 days 4 June 1979 22 days 26 June 1979 15,437 days (42 years, 97 days)
8 Jerry Rawlings[2] 22 June 1947 4 June 1979 31 years, 347 days 24 September 1979 6,646 days[3] 25,375 days (69 years, 172 days)
9 Hilla Limann 12 December 1934 24 September 1979 44 years, 286 days 31 December 1981 5,867 days 23 January 1998 23,053 days (63 years, 42 days)
10 Jerry Rawlings[2] 22 June 1947 31 December 1981 34 years, 192 days 7 January 2001 6,646 days[3] 25,375 days (69 years, 172 days)
11 John Kufuor 8 December 1938 7 January 2001 62 years, 30 days 7 January 2009 2,895 days 28,493 days (78 years, 3 days)
12 John A. Mills 21 July 1944 7 January 2009 64 years, 170 days 24 July 2012 0 days 24 July 2012 24,840 days (68 years, 3 days)
13 John Mahama 29 November 1958 24 July 2012 53 years, 238 days Incumbent Incumbent 21,197 days (58 years, 12 days)
# President Date of birth Date of
inauguration		 Age at
inauguration		 End of
term		 Length of
retirement		 Date of death Lifespan
  1. ↑ Ollennu was an Acting President.
  2. 1 2 Rawlings served two non-consecutive terms, which are listed separately.
  3. 1 2 Rawlings was a retired president between his two terms, and has been a retired president since 2001.

See also

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