The Progress Party (PP) was the ruling party in
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...
during the Second Republic (1969–1972). In the
29 August 1969 elections, the PP won 105 of the National Assembly's 140 seats.
The party was co-founded in 1969 by Kofi Abrefa Busia, who was born as a
Bono
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Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...
prince in the traditional kingdom of
Wenchi
Wenchi is a town and is the capital of Wenchi Municipal of the Bono Region in middle-belt of Ghana. Wenchi is located at 7.73333 atitude in decimal degrees -2.1 ongitude in decimal degreesat an average elevation/altitude of 304 meters. We ...
, and by Lawyer Sylvester Kofi Williams, who was born as an
Ahanta prince, and a descendant of the Ahanta King
Badu Bonsu II.
Kofi Abrefa Busia
Kofi Abrefa Busia (born 11 July 1913 – 28 August 1978) was a Ghanaian political leader and academic who was Prime Minister of Ghana from 1969 to 1972. As a nationalist leader and prime minister, he helped to restore civilian government to the ...
led the Party, and became the 2nd
Prime Minister
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on 3 September 1969. Sylvester Kofi Williams, served as the ruling Party's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
[Ghana Embassy in Tokyo archives] in Ghana's 2nd republic, quasi civilian government.
See also
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United Party (Ghana)
The United Party was the main opposition party in the First Republic of Ghana. It was the only opposition party throughout its existence from 1957 until 1964 when Ghana became a one party state.
Formation
After Ghana attained its independence on ...
References
Defunct political parties in Ghana
Political parties established in 1969
1969 in Ghana
Political parties disestablished in 1972
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