2006 in Ghana
2006 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 2006.
Incumbents
President: John KufuorVice President: Aliu MahamaChief Justice: George Kingsley AcquahEvents
January
- 23rd - Archbishop Peter Derry is appointed Cardinal by The Vatican at age 88
March
- 6 March - 49th independence anniversary
- 25th - Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II inducted Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
- 29th - Ghana experiences solar eclipse
June
- June - The national football team the Black Stars play in the 2006 FIFA World Cup
December
- 21st - NDC holds delegates' congress, John Atta Mills emerges presidential candidate for the third time
Date unknown
- Emmanuel Arthur, a Ghanaian journalist is awarded the Ghana Journalists Association Television News Reporter of the year.
National holidays
Holidays in italics are "special days", while those in regular type are "regular holidays".- January 1: New Year's Day
- March 6: Independence Day
- May 1: Labor Day
- December 25: Christmas
- December 26: Boxing Day