John Atta Mills

John Atta Mills
Mills in 2009
President of Ghana
In office 7 January 2009 – 24 July 2012
Vice President	John Dramani Mahama
Preceded by	John Agyekum Kufuor
Succeeded by	John Dramani Mahama
Vice President of Ghana
In office 7 January 1997 – 7 January 2001
President	Jerry John Rawlings
Preceded by	Kow Nkensen Arkaah
Succeeded by	Aliu Mahama
Personal details
Born	John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (1944-07-21)21 July 1944 Tarkwa, Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Died	24 July 2012(2012-07-24) (aged 68) Accra, Ghana
Resting place	Asomdwee Park, Accra, Ghana
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Spouse	Ernestina Naadu Mills (née Botchway)
Children	Sam Kofi Atta Mills[1]
Alma mater	University of Ghana (LLB) London School of Economics (LLM) University of London (PhD)
Notable Awards	Fulbright Scholar Glo-CAF Platinum Award Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize The Fritz Redlich Alumni Award
Occupation	Law Professor
Institution	University of Ghana, Legon
Field	Tax law
Positions	National Tax Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service (1988–1996)

John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2008 Ghanaian presidential election.^[2] He was previously the Vice-President from 1997 to 2001 under President Jerry Rawlings, and he contested unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections as the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He was the first Ghanaian head of state to die in office.^[3]