41.   Executive power is vested in the PNDC, which rules by decree.

42.   Executive power was vested in the President, directly elected for a six-year term.

43.   Executive power is vested in the President, who is directly elected for a five-year term.

44.   The chairman of the PCT central committee is also head of state and has executive powers.

45.   Executive power is vested in the President, who is elected for a seven-year term.

46.   Executive power is vested in the President, who is elected by universal suffrage for a renewable five-year term.

47.   Executive power is currently vested in the President, elected by popular vote for a five-year term, who is also leader of the UNIP.

48.   Executive power is formally vested in the British monarch, represented by a Governor-General who acts on the advice of a Council of Ministers.

49.   During these periods Patterson exercised executive power, raising speculation that he might succeed Manley should he retire on health grounds.