Until the year 1998, the Head of State acted as Chancellor of the University of Ghana. Thus, from 1961 when the University of Ghana was established by an Act of Parliament, the first Head of State of independent Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah became the first Chancellor of the University of Ghana. The following have held the position of Chancellor of the University:
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah | 1961-1965 |
General Joseph Arthur Ankrah | 1966-1968 |
General Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa | 1969 |
Justice Edward Akufo-Addo | 1970-1971 |
General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong | 1972-1979 |
Dr. Hilla Limann | 1979-1981 |
Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings | 1982-1991 |
Oyeeman Wereko Ampem II | 1998-2005 |
Kofi Annan | 2008-2018 |