The People's Heritage Party (PHP) was a
political party
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in
Ghana
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.
Formation
The PHP was one of the eight political parties formed when the ban on party politics was lifted in 1992 in Ghana. It claimed to follow the
Nkrumahist philosophy.
Elections
The PHP did not win any seats in the
Ghanaian parliamentary election in 1992. This was the first and only parliamentary election that it participated. Its candidate in the
1992 Ghanaian presidential election in 1992 was Lt. Gen.
Emmanuel Erskine
Emmanuel Alexander Erskine (19 January 1935 – 7 May 2021) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician. He was a Chief of Army Staff of the Ghana Army. He was also a commander of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) and ...
. He came last out of the five candidates with 1.7% of the total vote.
Merger
In 1993, the PHP merged with the
National Independence Party, another party that followed Nkrumah's ideology to form the
People's Convention Party
The People's Convention Party is a former political party in Ghana.
It merged with the National Convention Party in 1996 and became the reformed Convention People's Party
The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a Socialism, socialist politic ...
.
See also
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Convention People's Party
The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Conven ...
References
1992 in Ghana
Defunct political parties in Ghana
Nkrumaist political parties
Pan-Africanism in Ghana
Pan-Africanist political parties in Africa
Political parties established in 1992
Socialist parties in Ghana
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