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Vice-President of Ghana

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Eligibility
Oath of office
Duties
List of Vice-Presidents of Ghana
References

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The Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana is the second-highest executive official in Ghana. The vice-president, together with the President of Ghana, is directly elected by the people through popular vote to serve a four-year term of office. The vice-president is the first person in the presidential line of succession, and would ascend to the presidency upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. The current vice-president is Mahamudu Bawumia, who took office on 7 January 2017, under President Nana Akufo-Addo.

Eligibility

The provisions of article 62 of the 1992 Constitution apply to a candidate for election as Vice-President:

(a) he/she is a citizen of Ghana by birth
(b) he/she has attained the age of thirty-five years; and
(c) he/she is a person who is otherwise qualified to be elected a Member of Parliament, except that the disqualifications set out in paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) of clause (2) of article 94 of this Constitution shall not be removed, in respect of any such person, by a presidential pardon or by the lapse of time as provided for in clause (5) of that article.

Oath of office

The Vice-President of Ghana must be sworn in by the Chief Justice before the citizens of Ghana at the Independence square in Accra. The Vice-President-elect must repeat the following:

"I,(name) having been elected to the office of Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana, do (in the name of the Almighty God swear) (solemnly affirm) that I will be faithful and true to the Republic of Ghana; that I will at all times preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana; and I dedicate myself to the service and well-being of the people of the Republic of Ghana and to do right to all manner of persons.

I further (solemnly swear) (solemnly affirm) that should I at any time break this oath of office, I shall submit myself to the laws of the Republic of Ghana and suffer the penalty for it. (So help me God)."

Duties

The duties of the vice-president of Ghana are:

presiding of various meetings in absence of the President
acting President when the president is out of the country

The Vice-President is also a member of

The National Security Council
The Armed Forces Council^[1]
The Police Service Council^[2]
The Prisons Service Council^[3]

List of Vice-Presidents of Ghana

№	Vice-President {{small\|(Birth–Death)	Portrait	Tenure		President	Political affiliation (at time of appointment)
№	Vice-President {{small\|(Birth–Death)	Portrait	Took office	Left office	President	Political affiliation (at time of appointment)
1	{{small>(1933–1999)	24 September}} 1979	31 December}} 1981 {{small\|(deposed.)}}	Hilla Limann		People's National Party
2	{{small>(1927–2001)	7 January}} 1993	7 January}} 1997	Jerry Rawlings		National Democratic Congress
3	{{small>(1944–2012)	7 January}} 1997	7 January}} 2001	Jerry Rawlings		National Democratic Congress
4	{{small>(1946–2012)	7 January}} 2001	7 January}} 2009	John Kufuor		New Patriotic Party
5	{{small>(1958–)	7 January}} 2009	24 July}} 2012	John Atta Mills		National Democratic Congress
6	{{small>(1951–2018)	6 August}} 2012	7 January}} 2017	John Mahama		National Democratic Congress
7	{{small>(1963–)	7 January}} 2017	Nana Akufo-Addo		New Patriotic Party

References

1. ^Chapter 17 Article 211 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana
2. ^Chapter 15 Article 201 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana
3. ^Chapter 16 Article 206 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana

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