Government & Politics Conventional form: Republic of Ghana
Former: Gold Coast
Digraph: GH
Capital: Accra
Independence: 6 March 1957 (from UK)
Type: Constitutional Democracy
Executive: President, cabinet
Legislative: Unicameral National Assembly
Judicial branch: Supreme Court
Constitution
No. 1 - 1956; suspended 24 February 1966
No. 2 - 1969; suspended 13 January 1972
No. 3 - 1979; suspended 31 December 1981
No. 4 - approved 28 April 1992 (operational) Legal System
based on English common law and customary law;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction National Holiday
March 6: Independence Day
July 1: Republic Day
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Presidential: held December 2004
Parliamentry: held December 2004
Suffrage: Universal at 18
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