非洲 西非 加纳 Accra(阿克拉) Ghana Inaugurates New President Tax law professor John Atta-Mills is Ghana's new president. The former opposition leader won a closely-contested election to succeed outgoing President John Kufuor. Ghanaians started arriving at Accra's Independence Square before dawn to find a spot to see the inauguration of their new leader. It is the second time in a decade that Ghana has peacefully passed power between its two largest political parties. 税法教授John Atta-Mills艾塔米尔兹(中央社翻译)是新任的总统，这位前反对党 领袖在激烈的选战中，赢得选举，在即将卸任总统的John Kufuor之後就任。 迦纳人前往阿克拉的独立广场，希望能在就职典礼中找到地方来看看这位新任总 统，这是十年内迦纳第二次在国内两大政治势力中和平转移政权。 Mr. Atta-Mills won election in his third try at the presidency, withstanding two rounds of voting and a special election in a single constituency to defeat ruling-party rival Nana Akufo-Addo by fewer than 41,000 votes out of more than nine million ballots cast. Chief Justice Georgina Woode administered the oath of office to the 64-year-old tax law professor who was dressed in a local kente cloth of the national colors - red, green and yellow. 艾塔米尔兹在第三度参选之後终於获胜，经过两轮投票後，在总投票数九百多万票 中，以四万一千票击败了执政党候选人Nana Akufo-Addo。 大法官Georgina Woode所带领的宣誓小组将给艾塔米尔兹穿上传统的kente服装， 搭配代表国家的颜色，红、绿、黄 President Atta-Mills then raised the symbolic State Sword and Ghana's military provided a 21-gun salute. Mr. Atta-Mills not only captured the presidency but led his party to big gains in parliament, ending the ruling party's legislative majority by winning 114 of the 228 seats in Ghana's parliament. The new legislature also took office Wednesday, electing Ghana's first female speaker, former Supreme Court justice Joyce Bamford-Addo. President Atta-Mills is a former national tax commissioner who served as vice president to Jerry Rawlings who came to power in a coup 27 years ago. Mr. Rawlings introduced some economic and political reforms before handing power over to President Kufuor in 2001. Mr. Atta-Mills is from Ghana's central region. He studied law at London's School of Oriental and African Studies and at Stanford Law School in California as a Fulbright scholar. He is an avid swimmer and played on Ghana's national field hockey team. He and first lady Ernestina Naadu Mills have a 19-year-old son. 艾塔米尔兹来自迦纳中部，曾在伦敦读书，并在美国加州史丹佛法学院教书。 http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-07-voa29.cfm 美国之音 烦请注意附上原稿来源 -- 身为台湾人，不可不知天下事 立足台湾，放眼世界 国际事务版 国家研究院 政治, 文学, 学术 PoliticMan 研究 Σ政党/政治人物研究院 IA 政治 ◎IA国际事务版 --

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