title: 2009 in Ghana
text: # 2009 in Ghana
  
  Events from the year 2009 in Ghana.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: John Kufuor (until 7 January), John Atta Mills
  * Vice President: Aliu Mahama (until 7 January), John Dramani Mahama
  * Chief Justice: Georgina Theodora Wood
  
  ## Events
  
  * January 7 - John Atta Mills took office as president, the second time power in the country had been transferred from one legitimately elected leader to another democratically.
  
  But John Atta Mills died a few days from his birthday after feeling sick and rushed to the hospital.
  
  