First presidency of John Mahama

John Mahama's first tenure as President of Ghana began when he succeeded John Atta Mills following the latter's death in office on 24 July 2012. Mahama previously served as Vice-President of Ghana from January 2009 to July 2012, and is the first head of state of Ghana to have been born after the country's independence. He was elected after the December 2012 election for a full term as president.

Upon assuming office, Mahama continued the Better Ghana Agenda policy vision initiated by his predecessor. He contested re-election for a second term in the 2016 election, but lost to the New Patriotic Party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo. This made him the first president in the history of Ghana to not have won a second term consecutively. He left office on 7 January 2017, and was re-elected as president in 2024.