National House of Chiefs

The National House of Chiefs is the highest body in Ghana that unites all traditional rulers, chiefs and kings. The institution has backing from the Constitution of Ghana.

Membership The various rulers of Ghana's numerous tribes and clans automatically become members of a number of regional houses of chiefs. It is their membership of these regional bodies that qualifies them for membership of the national house.

In addition to these chiefs, a number of queen mothers are also appointed to the national house as associate members. These titleholders are appointed for four-year terms, and are eligible for re-appointment thereafter.

Although the national and regional houses are dominated by citizens of Ghana, they are affiliated with a number of foreign nationals. The African-American religious leader Ra Un Nefer Amen, for example, serves as the U.S. representative of the chiefs in congress assembled. He himself holds a Ghanaian chieftaincy in his own right.

Presidents of NHC with their vice president Since the creation of the National House of Chiefs, a president and his vice-president have been selected from among the members of the house to direct their affairs. The practice first started in 1969.

+PresidentTitleYear1Otumfour Agyemang Prempeh IIAsantehene1969 – 19702Otumfour Opoku Ware IIAsantehene1970 – 19783Osagyefo Agyemang Badu IDormaahene1978 – 19824Otumfour Opoku Ware IIAsantehene1982 – 19895Torgbe Adja Tekpor VIOsie Avatime1989 – 19926Nana Oduro Nimapau IIEsumejahene1992 – 19987Osagyefo Kuntunkunuku IIOkyenhene1998 – 19998Dr. Poure Puobe VIINandom19999Odeefuo BoaponsemDenkyirahene1999 – 200110Odeneho Gyapong Ababio IISefwi-Bekwaihene2001 – 200811Prof. Naa John S. NabilaWulugu Naba2008 – 201612Togbe Afede XIVAgbogbomefia2016 –2020 13Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi IISefwi Anhwiasohene2020-present

See also Chieftaincy institution (Ghana)

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