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12 November, 2007 (992 Days Ago)

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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Elections

Presidential: held December 2004
Parliamentry: held December 2004
Suffrage: Universal at 18
Next: 2008

Member of: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-24, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, LORCS, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UNPROFOR, UNTAC, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO