| width="25%"|Tenure | width="45%"|Incumbent | colspan="2" width="20%"|Notes |
| b>Ghana | colspan="3"|Unification of Gold Coast and British Togoland upon independence from Britain |
small>6 March 1957 to 1 July 1960
| Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
represented by:- | colspan="2"| |
| small> 6 March 1957 to 24 June 1957 | Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, Governor-General | colspan="2"| |
| small> 24 June 1957 to 1 July 1960 | William Francis Hare, the 5th Earl of Listowel, Governor-General | colspan="2"| |
| width="25%"|Tenure | width="40%"|Incumbent | width="7%"|Affiliation | width="20%"|Notes |
| olspan="4"|Republic of Ghana |
| small>1 July 1960 to 24 February 1966 | Dr Kwame Nkrumah, President | CPP | Deposed in a coup d'etat |
| small>24 February 1966 to 2 April 1969 | Major-General Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Chairman of the National Liberation Council | Mil | |
| small>2 April 1969 to 3 April 1969 | Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Chairman of the National Liberation Council | Mil | Later General |
| small>3 April 1969 to 7 August 1970 | Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Chairman of the Presidential Commission | Mil | |
| small>7 August 1970 to 31 August 1970 | Nii Amaa Ollennu, acting Chairman of the Presidential Commission | | |
| small>31 August 1970 to 13 January 1972 | Edward Akufo-Addo, Chairman of the Presidential Commission | n-p | Deposed in a coup d'etat |
| small>13 January 1972 to 9 October 1979 | Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the National Redemption Council | Mil | |
| small>9 October 1979 to 5 July 1978 | Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council | Mil | |
| small>5 July 1978 to 4 June 1979 | Lieutenant-General Frederick Fred William Kwasi Akuffo, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council | Mil | |
| small>4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 | Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Mil | |
| small>24 September 1979 to 31 December 1981 | Hilla Limann, President of Ghana | PNP | |
| small>31 December 1981 to 7 January 1993 | Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council | Mil | |
| small>7 January 1993 to December 2000 | Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, President | NDC | |
| small>7 January 2001 to present | John Agyekum Kufuor, President | NPP | Elected 28 December 2000 |