John Evans Atta Mills

Also known as John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills, Asomdwehene, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Professor JEA Mills, Prof. J. E. A. Mills, Prof. JEA Mills

sixth President of the Republic of Ghana (1944-2012)

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John Evans Atta Mills was the sixth President of Ghana, serving from 2009 until his death in 2012. He is historically significant as a leader of one of West Africa's most stable democracies during a period of economic growth and political development in Ghana.

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Instance of: human
Given name: John
Family name: Mills
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ghana
Place of birth: Tarkwa
Place of death: Accra
Spouse: Ernestina Naadu Mills
Occupation: lawyer
Position held: Vice President of the Republic of Ghana
Educated at: London School of Economics and Political Science
Employer: University of Ghana
Political party: National Democratic Congress
Languages spoken: Fante
Native language: Fante
Religion: Methodism
Award: Order of the Volta
Field of work: jurisprudence
Sport: competitive swimming
Image: John Atta Mills with Barack Obama.jpg
Work location: Accra

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Commons category: John Atta Mills
date of birth: 1944-07-21
date of death: 2012-07-24
cause of death: laryngeal cancer
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: John Evans Atta Mills
Ghana Place Names URL: sites.google.com/site/ghanaplacenames/places-in-perspective/birthplaces#h.i7q8y8pcnmdo
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candidacy in election: 2008 Ghanaian general election
member of: Ghana Stock Exchange

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Encyclopedic overview

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

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