A Escola de Estudos Orientais e Africanos da Universidade de Londres (SOAS) acaba de ter um dos seus ex-estudantes eleito presidente do Ghana! A eleicao de Atta Mills, vem aumentar o numero de ex-estudantes do SOAS que se encontram em posicoes de lideranca nos seus paises. Em Africa, para alem de Atta Mills, temos o caso de Luisa Diogo, Primeira Ministra de Mocambique, que fez o seu mestrado em Economia Financeira(a distancia) tambem no SOAS!
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President of Ghana
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 January 2009
Vice President John Dramani Mahama
Preceded by John Kufuor
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Vice President of Ghana
In office
7 January 1997 – 7 January 2001
President Jerry Rawlings
Preceded by Kow Nkensen Arkaah
Succeeded by Aliu Mahama
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Born 21 July 1944 (1944-07-21) (age 64)
Tarkwa, Gold Coast)
Political party National Democratic Congress
Spouse Ernestina Naadu Mills
Profession University professor in law
Religion Methodist
Website [1]
John Evans Atta Mills (born 21 July 1944 in Tarkwa, Western Region, Ghana[1]) is the President of Ghana. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the ruling party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo by a 50.23%–49.77% vote in the 2008 election.[2] He was the third Vice-President of Ghana from 1997 to 2001 under President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings; subsequently he stood unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections as the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
[edit] Education and academic career
Mills was educated at Achimota Secondary School, where he completed the Advanced Level Certificate in 1963, and the University of Ghana, Legon, where he received a bachelor's degree and professional certificate in law in 1967.
While earning a PhD in Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, England, Mills was selected as a Fulbright scholar at Stanford Law School in the United States.[2] Before then, Mills had earned an LLM at SOAS, University of London.
At the age of 27, he was awarded his PhD after successfully completing his doctoral thesis in the area of taxation and economic development. Mills' first formal teaching assignment was as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana, Legon. He spent close to twenty five years teaching at Legon and other institutions of higher learning, and rose in position from lecturer to senior lecturer to associate professor, serving on numerous boards and committees. During his almost thirty years of teaching and researching, Mills traveled as a visiting lecturer and professor at a number of educational institutions worldwide and presented research papers at symposiums and conferences throughout the world.
[edit] Publications
Mills has produced more than a dozen publications, including:
Taxation of Periodical or Deferred Payments arising from the Sale of Fixed Capital (1974)
Exemption of Dividends from Income taxation: A critical Appraisal (1977)
A History of Four Footed Beasts (1977)
Report of the Tax Review Commission, Ghana, parts 1,2&3 (1977)
Ghana's Income Tax laws and the Investor. (An inter-faculty lecture published by the University of Ghana)
He has held various examiner positions with finance-related institutions throughout Ghana (i.e. Institute of Chartered Accountants, Institute of Bankers, Ghana Tax Review Commission).
[edit] Contribution in sports
He has contributed to the Ghana Hockey Association, National Sports Council of Ghana, and Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club. He enjoys hockey and swimming, and once played for the national hockey team (he is still a member of the Veterans Hockey Team).
[edit] Other activities and projects
Roles that Mills has been involved in various activities and projects such as:
Member of the Ghana Stock Exchange Council
Board of Trustees, Mines Trust
Management Committee Member of, Commonwealth Administration of Tax Experts, United Nations Ad Hoc Group of Experts in International Cooperation in Tax Matters, and United Nations Law and Population Project
A Study on Equipment Leasing in Ghana
Casebook preparation on Ghana's Income Tax
Review of Ghana's Double Tax Agreement with the UK
In 1988, John Evans Atta Mills became the acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service of Ghana and named Commissioner in September 1996.
In 1997, Prof. Mills received another important appointment when on January 7, 1997, he was sworn-in as the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana.
In 2002, Prof. Mills was a visiting scholar at the Liu Centre for the Study of Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Canada.
In December 2002, John Evans Atta Mills was elected by his party to be its flagbearer and led them into the 2004 elections.
He is married to Ernestina Naadu Mills, an educator, and has a 19 year old son, Sam Kofi Atta Mills.
On 21 December 2006, Mills was overwhelmingly elected by the NDC as its candidate for the 2008 presidential election with a majority of 81.4% (1,362 votes), far ahead of his opponents, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu, and Eddie Annan.[3]
He is a good friend of Prophet T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria and regularly visits his church.[4]
[edit] References
^ Profile of Atta Mills, Ghanareview.com.
^ a b Kokutse, Francis (2009-01-03). "Opposition leader wins presidency in Ghana", Associated Press. Retrieved on 4 January 2009.
^ "NDC CONGRESS RESULTS-Prof Wins", Modernghana.com, December 22, 2006.
^ "Mills Storms Lagos Church", Daily Guide (2008-02-26).
[edit] External links
Official website
"Profile: Ghana President John Atta Mills", BBC, January 3, 2008
Political offices
Preceded by
John Kufuor President of Ghana
2009 – present Incumbent
Preceded by
Kow Nkensen Arkaah Vice President of Ghana
1997 – 2001 Succeeded by
Aliu Mahama
Party political offices
Preceded by
Jerry Rawlings National Democratic Congress presidential candidate
2000, 2004, 2008 Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
First John Atta Mills
President of Ghana Succeeded by
John Dramani Mahamaa
Vice President of Ghana
[show]v • d • e Heads of state and Prime Ministers of the Republic of Ghana
Presidents (1960-) Nkrumah • Ankrah † • Afrifa † • Ollennu * • Akufo-Addo • Acheampong † • Akuffo † • Rawlings † • Limann • Rawlings • Kufuor • Atta Mills
Prime Ministers Kwame Nkrumah (1957-60) • Kofi Abrefa Busia (1969-72)
† military * interim
[show]v • d • eVice-Presidents of Ghana
Johnson • post vacant, 1981-93 • Arkaah • Atta-Mills • A Mahama • J D Mahama
Persondata
NAME John Atta Mills
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Vice President of Ghana from 1997 to 2001
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Central Region, Ghana
DATE OF DEATH Living
PLACE OF DEATH
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