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The country's first leader and Prime Minister was Kwame Nkrumah of the Convention People's Party (CPP). He held that post from the date of Ghanaian independence - 6 March 1957 to 1 July 1960 , when a new constitution cam into effect that abolished the position. Nkrumah became President of the Republic, but was later overthrown in a 1966 Military Coup . When Ghana returned to civilian rule in 1969, the parliamentary system was restored. The Progress Party (PP), led by Kofi Abrefa Busia , won elections and he became Prime Minister on 3 September 1969 . Busia's government was deposed in a military coup on 13 January 1972 . A presidential system was instituted in 1979 when civilian rule was re-established. The post of Prime Minister was never revived. See also
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