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John Atta Mills

John Evans Atta Mills

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	Ghana
Name in native language	John Evans Atta Mills
Name wey dem give am	John
Family name	Mills
Ein date of birth	21 July 1944
Place dem born am	Tarkwa
Date wey edie	24 July 2012
Place wey edie	Accra
Manner of death	natural causes
Cause of death	laryngeal cancer
Place wey dem bury am	Asomdwee Park
Spouse	Ernestina Naadu Mills
Relative	Thomas Hutton-Mills, Jr.
Native language	Fante
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	English, Fante
Ein occupation	politician, university teacher, lawyer, economist
Field for work	jurisprudence
Employer	University of Ghana
Position ehold	President of Ghana, Vice-President of Ghana
Work location	Accra
Political party ein member	National Democratic Congress
Candidacy in election	2008 Ghanaian general election
Religion anaa worldview	Methodism
Sport	field hockey, swimming
Member of	Ghana Stock Exchange
Award e receive	Fulbright Scholarship, Order of the Star of Ghana, Order of the Volta
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John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (dem born am 21 July 1944 – he die for 24 July 2012 insyd) na he be Ghanaian politician den legal scholar wey serve as Presido of Ghana from 2009 till say he die for 2012 insyd. Dem inaugurate am for 7 January 2009 insyd, as he defeat de governing party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo for de 2008 Ghana General election insyd. Na he be de Vice-President from 1997 go 2001 for President Jerry Rawlings ein tym, wey he contest unsuccessfully for de 2000 den 2004 presidential elections insyd as de candidate give de National Democratic Co

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For the inaugural presidential election in 1992, the National Convention Party (NCP) had formed an alliance with the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Former Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) Chairman, and leader of Ghana, Flight-Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings chose the NCP leader, Kow Nkensen Arkaah, as his running-mate for vice-president. Having been elected in the 1992 election, Arkaah served between 1992–1996.However, on 29 January 1996, the NCP broke with the NDC. Arkaah with the National Convention Party formed the Great Alliance with the New Patriotic Party. And was subsequently nominated as the running mate of John Agyekum Kufuor to challenge the National Democratic Congress. Rawlings selected Mills for the vacated Vice-Presidency in his bid for re-election to a second term in the election and was re-elected to his second term in office, serving from 1996 to 2000. In his capacity as Vice-President, he served as the Chairman of the Police Council of Ghana and the Chairman of the Economic Management Team. In 2000, Mills became the NDC’s candidate for the 2000 presidential election after Rawlings had served his constitutionally mandated terms as president. The main rival for Mills’ own bid for the presidency was John Agyekum Kufuor, who was running as the candidate for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).In the heat of the 2000 presidential campaign, Mills was roundly criticized for statements that if elected he would consult with Rawlings daily.Inthe first round, held on 7 December 2000, Mills gained 44.8% of the vote, Kufuor won the first round with 48.4%, thus forcing a second round. On 28 December 2000, Kufuor defeated Mills with 56.9% of the vote and was sworn in as president on 7 January 2001.In December 2002, Mills was elected by his party to be its flag bearer and lead them into the 2004 election. Hewas, however, defeated again by incumbent president John Agyekum Kufuor, who received 52.45% of the vote on the first ballot.

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The late Prof. John Evans Atta Mills was born on 21 July 1944 in Tarkwa, in the Western Region of Ghana.A member of the Fante ethnic group, he hailed from the town of Ekumfi Otuam in the Mfantsiman East constituency of the Central Region of Ghana. He had his primary and middle school education at Huni Valley Methodist Primary School and Komenda Methodist Middle School respectively. He then proceeded to the prestigious Achimota School for his secondary education, where he completed the Ordinary and Advanced-Level Certificates in 1961 and 1963 respectively, and the University of Ghana, Legon, where he completed a bachelor of law degree, LLB and a professional law certificate in 1967. Mills studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science where he obtained an LLM in 1968 and earned a PhD in Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies School of Law, part of the federal University of London, after completing his doctoral thesis in the field of taxation and economic development in 1971 at the age of 27. Even during his career in politics, he was sometimes called by the nickname “The Prof”, a reference to his long academic career. His political supporters also called him Asomdweehene meaning ‘King of Peace’ in Native Akan language. Mills’ first formal teaching assignment was as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana. He spent close to twenty-five years teaching at Legon and other institutions of higher learning. In 1971, he was selected for the Fulbright Scholar programme at Stanford Law School in the US. He returned to his homeland, Ghana, at the end of the international educational exchange fellowship to work at his alma mater, the University of Ghana, for 25 years. He became a visiting professor at Temple University (Philadelphia, USA), with two stints from 1978 to 1979, and 1986 to 1987. He was also a visiting lecturer at Leiden University in the Netherlands from 1985 to 1986. During this period,

John Atta Mills

President of Ghana from 2009 to 2012

John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as the 11th 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. He was previously the third vice president from 1997 to 2001 under President Jerry Rawlings, and he contested unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections as the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He was the first Ghanaian head of state to die in office.

Early life

Mills was born on 21 July 1944 in Tarkwa, in the Western Region of Ghana. His parents were John Atta Mills Sr., an educationist, who taught at the Komenda Teacher Training College and Mercy Dawson Amoah. He was the second child (and first son) among seven siblings. A member of the Fante ethnic group, he hailed from the town of Ekumfi Otuam in the Mfantsiman East constituency of the Central Region of Ghana. He had his primary and middle school education at Huni ValleyMethodistPrimary School and KomendaMethodistMiddle School respectively. He then proceeded to the prestigious Achimota School for his secondary education, where he completed the Ordinary and Advanced-Level Certificates in 1961 and 1963 respectively, and the University of Ghana, Legon, where he completed a bachelor of law degree, LLB and a professional law certificate in 1967.

Mills studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science where he obtained an LLM in 1968 and earned a PhD in Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies School of Law, part of the federal University of London, after completing his doctoral thesis in the field of taxation and economic development in