1960s in Ghana

Incumbents

• President: Kwame Nkrumah from 1960 to 1966

  Events

• 1960 - Ghana becomes a republic. Kwame Nkrumah becomes the country's first elected president.
• 1964 - Kwame Nkrumah declares that there will be no other political party apart from the Convention People's Party.
• February 1966 - Kwame Nkrumah overthrown in a coup d'état by Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka.
• August 1969 - First presidential election since independence held.

  National holidays

• January 1: New Year's Day
• March 6: Independence Day
• May 1: Labor Day
• December 25: Christmas
• December 26: Boxing Day