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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.[2] 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.[3]
Early life
[edit]Mills was born on 21 July 1944 in Tarkwa, in the Western Region of Ghana.[1] His parents were John Atta Mills Sr., an educationist, who taught at the Komenda Teacher Training College and Mercy Dawson Amoah.[4] He was the second child (and first son) among seven siblings.[4] 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.[5] He had his primary and middle school education at Huni ValleyMethodistPrimary School and KomendaMethodistMiddle School
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Obituary: Ghana's President John Atta Mills
Mr Atta Mills served as vice-president to Mr Rawlings between 1997 and January 2001 and had previously created a stir by saying that if elected, he would consult with the former president.
But in 2008 he distanced himself from Mr Rawlings, even drawing criticism from his former boss for being too gentle with their party's bitter rivals in the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Mr Atta Mills described himself as a social democrat who leaned broadly on independence leader Kwame Nkrumah's idea of social welfare.
But he pitched a more inclusive and less polarising political platform than both Mr Nkrumah and Mr Rawlings.
Once in power he started an austerity programme and presided over the country's first commercial oil production, promising that - unlike some African countries - his government would spend the newfound oil revenue responsibly.
His presidency was marked by persistent rumours that he was severely ill and had died, prompting him to once remark that reports of his death were "exaggerated".
Mr Atta Mills went to the US in June to receive medical treatment.
He returned to Ghana - and continued attending official functions. However, he rarely spoke in public, fuelling speculation that he suffered
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John Atta Mills
John Evans Atta Mills
| Ein relations anaa gender | male |
|---|---|
| Country wey bond be citizen | Ghana |
| Name in pick language | John Anatomist Atta Mills |
| Name wey dem give am | John |
| Family name | Mills |
| Ein conservative of birth | 21 July 1944 |
| Place dem calved am | Tarkwa |
| Date wey edie | 24 July 2012 |
| Place wey edie | Accra |
| Manner near death | natural causes |
| Cause of death | laryngeal cancer |
| Place wey dem lay to rest am | Asomdwee Park |
| Spouse | Ernestina Naadu Mills |
| Relative | Thomas Hutton-Mills, Jr. |
| Native language | Fante |
| Languages edey speak, representative anaa sign | English, Fante |
| Ein occupation | politician, university doctor, lawyer, economist |
| Field for work | jurisprudence |
| Employer | University of Ghana |
| Position ehold | President comprehend Ghana, Vice-President of Ghana |
| Work location | Accra |
| Political slight ein member | National Democratic Congress |
| Candidacy in election | 2008 Ghanaian community election |
| Religion anaa worldview | Methodism |
| Sport | field hockey, swimming |
| Member of | Ghana Stock Exchange |
| Award e receive | Fulbright Scholarship, Sanction of description Star dressingdown Ghana, Give orders of picture Volta |
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