John Mahama swears in as the Ghanaian President
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E-mail Xinhua, July 25, 2012
John Mahama, the former deputy President of Ghana, has sworn in as the fourth president shortly after the announcement of the Mills' death on Tuesday evening.
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John Mahama (C), the former deputy President of Ghana, attends his swear-in ceremony as Ghana's President shortly after the announcement of the Mills' death, in Accra, July 24, 2012. [Justice Lee Adoboe/Xinhua] |
![John Mahama (C), the former deputy President of Ghana, attends his swear-in ceremony as Ghana's President shortly after the announcement of the Mills' death, in Accra, July 24, 2012. [Justice Lee Adoboe/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20120725/000cf1bdd03f1179aeb905.jpg "John Mahama (C), the former deputy President of Ghana, attends his swear-in ceremony as Ghana's President shortly after the announcement of the Mills' death, in Accra, July 24, 2012. [Justice Lee Adoboe/Xinhua]")
Mrs. Joyce Bamford-Addo, the Speaker of Ghanaian Parliament announced in the House that Mr. John Mahama to be the President of the Republic of Ghana. Later, Mahama read the oath of the President under the administration of the Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood in the presence of the members of Parliament.
The Chief of Staff at the Presidency Henry Martey Newman announced the death of the president, saying he died at the 37 Military hospital in the capital while receiving medical attention after being taken ill.
Mr. Mahama said Mills was died on 14:15 (GMT) in the hospital after he was sent there in the noon.
President John Mahama takes over the remaining term of John Evans Atta Mills according to Ghana's Constitution 1992.
In his first address as the President, John Mahama expressed the condolence to Mills' family and said the final tribute to Mills is to "maintain the unity, peace and stability of the nation. "
He declared the whole country mourning and all flags must fly at half mast.
Mr. John Mahama was first elected to the Parliament of Ghana in 1996. In April 1997, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Communications. In 2000, Mahama was re-elected for another four- year term as the Member of Parliament. He was again re-elected in 2004 for a third term. From 2001 to 2004, Mahama served as the Minority Parliamentary Spokesman for Communications. In 2002, he was appointed the Director of Communications for the National Democratic Congress. From 2009, he served as the deputy President of the Republic of Ghana.
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