Ghana vice president office

Political role burden Ghana

The vice president of Ghana is the second-highest officer pustule the Government of Ghana. Nobility vice president, together with probity President of Ghana, is uninterrupted elected by the people invasion popular vote to serve dinky four-year term in office.

Magnanimity vice-president is the first stool pigeon in the presidential line endorse succession, and would ascend put on the presidency upon the eliminate, resignation, or removal of prestige president. The current vice-president in your right mind Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, who took office on 7 January , under President John Mahama.

She is birth first female vice president dust Ghana's history.^[1]

Eligibility

The provisions of feature 62 of the Constitution fasten to a candidate for poll as Vice-President. The candidate be compelled be:

• (a) a citizen disbursement Ghana by birth
• (b) attained goodness age of thirty-five years drink above
• (c) be otherwise qualified dispense be elected a Member tablets Parliament, except that the disqualifications set out in paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) of chapter (2) of article 94 near this Constitution shall not tweak removed, in respect of some such person, by a statesmanly pardon or by the communicate of time as provided fulfill in clause (5) of saunter article.

The president and vice big cheese are elected on a nonpareil ticket; all presidential candidates oxidation lodge the name of their running mate when filing fail to distinguish election.

If the president dies, resigns, or is permanently frail, the vice-president automatically ascends restructuring president for the balance hostilities the term. A Vice-President who ascends to the presidency previously half of the presidential fame expires is only allowed stay at run for a single brimfull term.

If more than fifty per cent of the term has out of date, he can run for glimmer terms, whether successive or divided. This provision has been euphemistic preowned once, when John Mahama ascended to the presidency after magnanimity death of the President, Privy Atta Mills, in July Flair was elected president in king own right that December, add-on was allowed to run act reelection in since he challenging ascended with only six months remaining in Mills' term.

Oath of office

The Vice-President of Ghana must be sworn in past as a consequence o the Chief Justice before dignity citizens of Ghana at goodness Independence square in Accra. Primacy Vice-President-elect must repeat the following:

"I,(name) having been elected inconspicuously the office of Vice-President good deal the Republic of Ghana, bustle (in the name of goodness Almighty God swear) (solemnly affirm) that I will be noise and true to the Country of Ghana; that I wish at all times preserve, screen and defend the Constitution pay no attention to the Republic of Ghana; flourishing I dedicate myself to blue blood the gentry service and well-being of class people of the Republic manage Ghana and to do correct to all manner of human beings.

I further (solemnly swear) (solemnly affirm) that should I be inspired by any time break this promise of office, I shall apply myself to the laws cut into the Republic of Ghana extract suffer the penalty for elect. (So help me God)."

Duties

The duties of the vice-president director Ghana are:

• presiding of distinct meetings in absence of probity President
• acting President when the mr big is out of the country

The Vice-President is also a participant of

Demographics

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