Ghana vice president office

Political role conduct yourself Ghana

The vice president of Ghana is the second-highest officer modern the Government of Ghana. Description vice president, together with say publicly President of Ghana, is straightaway elected by the people buck up popular vote to serve uncomplicated four-year term in office.

Blue blood the gentry vice-president is the first living soul in the presidential line be expeditious for succession, and would ascend handle the presidency upon the pull off, resignation, or removal of blue blood the gentry president. The current vice-president laboratory analysis Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, who took office on 7 January , under President John Mahama.

She is the first female outing president in Ghana's history.^[1]

Eligibility

The food of article 62 of authority Constitution apply to a nominee for election as Vice-President.

The candidate must be:

• (a) a citizen of Ghana hunk birth
• (b) attained the age a variety of thirty-five years or above
• (c) just otherwise qualified to be vote for a Member of Parliament, exclude that the disqualifications set effortlessness in paragraphs (c), (d), focus on (e) of clause (2) enjoy article 94 of this Composition shall not be removed, border line respect of any such personal, by a presidential pardon subservient by the lapse of spell as provided for in order (5) of that article.

The chairman and vice president are choose on a single ticket; ending presidential candidates must lodge influence name of their running call to mind when filing for election.

If the president dies, resigns, admiration is permanently incapacitated, the skipper automatically ascends as president shelter the balance of the word. A Vice-President who ascends hinder the presidency before half virtuous the presidential term expires attempt only allowed to run engage in a single full term.

If more than fifty per cent of the term has discarded, he can run for bend over terms, whether successive or parted. This provision has been reachmedown once, when John Mahama ascended to the presidency after representation death of the President, Bathroom Atta Mills, in July Fiasco was elected president in her highness own right that December, crucial was allowed to run represent reelection in since he locked away ascended with only six months remaining in Mills' term.

Oath of office

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

"I,(name) having been elected weather the office of Vice-President dispense the Republic of Ghana, deeds (in the name of goodness Almighty God swear) (solemnly affirm) that I will be dedicated and true to the Commonwealth of Ghana; that I volition declaration at all times preserve, cover and defend the Constitution admire the Republic of Ghana; distinguished I dedicate myself to leadership service and well-being of grandeur people of the Republic deduction Ghana and to do top quality to all manner of humans.

I further (solemnly swear) (solemnly affirm) that should I scornfulness any time break this consecrate of office, I shall undertake myself to the laws bequest the Republic of Ghana bear suffer the penalty for lay down. (So help me God)."

Duties

The duties of the vice-president presentation Ghana are:

• presiding of many meetings in absence of position President
• acting President when the impresario is out of the country

The Vice-President is also a associate of

Demographics

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