<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana" id="mwAaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> becomes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic" id="mwAaU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic">republic</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Nkrumah" id="mwAaY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kwame Nkrumah">Kwame Nkrumah</a> becomes its first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ghana" id="mwAac" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of Ghana">President</a> as Queen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II" id="mwAag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> ceases to be its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_state" id="mwAak" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Head of state">head of state</a>.