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Wreaths laid on Prez Mills’ tomb after 4 years of death
Foreign Affairs Minister Hanna Tetteh was one of government officials who graced the ceremony.
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Former president of Malawi, Joyce Banda and her family carried the wreath and laid it on the tomb.
It was not an event for speeches.
Foreign Affairs Minister Hanna Tetteh was one of several government officials who graced the ceremony.
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President Mills died at the 37 Military Hospital on July 24, 2012.
The man Mills
Prof. Mills won the 2008 presidential elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), defeating the New Patriotic Party's candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the run-off.
Prof. Mills was a native of Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region.
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He was born at Tarkwa on July 21, 1944, and was educated at Achimota School and the University of Ghana, Legon.
The late President earned a Ph.D in Law at the age of 27 from the London University's School of Oriental and African Studies after completing his doctoral thesis in the area of taxation and economic development.
He had a long teaching experience at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana before becoming the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.
He was Vice-President from 1997 to 2001.
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