(AP) ACCRA, Ghana - John Atta Mills, who was elected president in the closest vote in Ghana's history and then led the West African country amid newfound oil …

Thursday, July 24 marks exactly one year of the death of Ghana's 3rd President under the Fourth Republic, John Evans Atta-Mills. In times like this, when we as Ghanaians are supposed to celebrate the life of the 'Asomdwehene', we cannot but ask ourselves certain pertinent questions which remain, hitherto, largely unanswered till date.

It was with great regret that I learned of the passing of President John Evans Atta Mills of Ghana. I will always remember my trip to Ghana in 2009, and the hospitality that President Mills and the people of Ghana showed to me, Michelle, Malia, Sasha and our entire delegation. I was also pleased to host President Mills in the Oval …

Thousands of mourners gathered Friday in the West African nation of Ghana to pay their respects to the late President John Atta Mills, as his funeral was held in the …

John Atta Mills, who was elected president in the closest vote in Ghana's history and then led the West African country amid newfound oil wealth, died on July 24 with only a few months before...

In January 2009, John Evans Atta Mills was sworn in as the third President of Ghana, following a closely contested election with the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the current president of Ghana. His presidency was characterized by a strong emphasis on good governance, transparency, and accountability.

H. E. Professor John Evans Atta Mills, the President of the Republic of Ghana was born at Tarkwa on July 21st, 1944. He hails from Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region.

WHITE HOUSE On Thursday, the President will host President John Evans Atta Mills of Ghana for a meeting in the Oval Office. The President met President Mills in July 2009 and welcomes the ...

When news of Ghana's President John Evans Atta Mills' unexpected demise hit my ears, shock and disbelief boomeranged through my body from hair to toe. My reaction was so palpable that a ...

The president of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, has died at age 68, the Ghana News Agency reports. As the AP reports, Mills ran three times for president and …

President Obama. Well, it is a great pleasure to welcome President Mills and his delegation from Ghana. This gives me the opportunity to return the extraordinary hospitality that they showed not only me, but also Michelle and Sasha and Malia, and when we had the opportunity to visit last year.

Professor John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was born on July 21st, 1944, at Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana and hails from Ekumfi Otuam in the Mfantsiman East …

John Evans Atta Mills (born July 21, 1944, Tarkwa, Ghana—died July 24, 2012, Accra, Ghana) was a Ghanaian politician and scholar who served as president of Ghana (2009–12).

Mills, 68, died on Tuesday in the capital Accra and has been succeeded by Vice-President John Dramani Mahama who took the presidential oath hours after the death was announced.

World leaders and mourners gathered Friday in Accra for the funeral service of late Ghanaian president John Evans Atta Mills, who died at a military hospital on June 24 after a period of illness.

President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday said Ghana was stable and reasonably in good health, with the economy full of promise. He said the government was making substantial progress in the ...

President Mills was the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, and his death should not be treated as such." According to Mr Boateng, a claim by one of the brothers of the late former President that the autopsy report was with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), was false.

Prof. John Evans Atta Mills was favoured by God to be elected as the President of Ghana in December 2008 by the good people of Ghana after two earlier unsuccessful attempts in 2000 and 2004.

Oval Office. 3:55 P.M. EST. THE PRESIDENT: Well, it is a great pleasure to welcome President Mills and his delegation from Ghana. This gives me the opportunity to return the extraordinary hospitality that they showed not only me, but also Michelle and Sasha and Malia when we had the opportunity to visit last year.

President Obama congratulated President Mills on his inauguration and noted that Ghana's election demonstrated the Ghanaian people's commitment to democratic governance. President Obama emphasized the importance of Ghana's democratic leadership in Africa, particularly in light of the troubling coups in Mauritania, …

Mills became Ghana's Vice President from 1996 to 2000 when then President Jerry John Rawlings picked him as a running mate. The late Kow Nkensen Arkaah was Mr Rawlings' Vice President in 1992. In 2000, Mills became the National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s candidate for the 2000 Presidential elections where he …

The president of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, has died at age 68, the Ghana News Agency reports. As the AP reports, Mills ran three times for president and finally emerged the victor in 2009 ...

The 3rd President of Ghana's 4th Republic, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, died exactly 12 years ago today, July 24, 2024. Mills was the first president in the history of Ghana to die while in ...

Ex-Ghana President Atta Mills highlighted in 'The Cult of TB Joshua' documentary. By David Mawuli January 8, 2024. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email. Former President of Ghana, late John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills has been highlighted in BBC's latest exposé on the late Nigerian prophet, TB Joshua.

John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Fante politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012.. Biography. Mills was born on 21 July 1944 in Tarkwa (Wassa State), in the Western Region of Ghana. His parents were John Atta Mills Sr., an educator, who taught at the …

John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2008 Ghanaian presidential election.

It is now crystal clear to all discerning Ghanaians that attempts by the late President Mills to investigate the corrupt deals by his then Vice President, John Dramani Mahama might have exacerbated plans by his detractors to send him to his untimely grave .

ACCRA, Ghana — John Atta Mills, who ran three times for president before being elected in the closest vote in the country's history on a platform vowing to reform the West African country ...

On Tuesday, July 24, 2012, Professor Evans Atta Mills, Ghana's third President of the Fourth Republic died and the whole nation was in shocks especially mindful of his peaceful personality and the fact that he was the first time sitting President of Ghana to have died during his tenure in office. His death was a huge blow to the nation.

BAMAKO, Mali — The president of Ghana, John Atta Mills, died unexpectedly Tuesday at a military hospital in the capital, Accra, five months short of finishing his first term in office.