New Patriotic Party | NPP
NPP Presidential Aspirants
Presidential advisers under NPP regimes
Ministerial Appointments under NPP regimes
District-level executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)
National Democratic Congress | NDC
Presidential advisers under NDC regimes
District-level Executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
NDC Electoral Summary (1992 - Date)
Active Political Parties (Fourth Republic, 1992–Present)
Founder: Formed by supporters of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), led by Jerry John Rawlings
Founder: Emerged from the "Danquah-Busia tradition," founded by followers of Kofi Abrefa Busia and J.B. Danquah in 1992
Founder: Kwame Nkrumah (original 1949 party); reformed in 1996 after mergers with smaller Nkrumahist parties
Pre‐Independence and Early Independence Parties
- Founders: Key founding figures include J. B. Danquah, Ebenezer Ako Adjei, Nana Sir Ofori Atta, and others who represented the educated elite seeking self‐government in 1947.
- Founder: Baffour Osei Akoto (formed in 1954 as a reaction to CPP policies and representing a strand of Ashanti nationalism)
- Founder: Kofi Abrefa Busia (the PP led the Second Republic from 1969 until the coup in 1972; it emerged from the Danquah–Busia tradition)
- Founder: Victor Owusu (also established in 1979; later merged into the All People’s Party during the Third Republic)
- Founder: William Ofori-Atta (another formation from 1979, representing part of the opposition rooted in the Danquah tradition)
Ghana's Democracy
The 1992 Constitution of Ghana serves as the supreme legal framework for the country, establishing the foundation for governance, human rights, and the rule of law.
