The President's Own Guard Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Ghanaian Army.
The regiment was founded in 1960 following Ghana's independence, when Kwame Nkrumah increased the Presidential Bodyguard from a company to a full regiment. He also added a civilian branch to the Presidential Guard, furthering his aim to create a private army separate from the armed forces. By February 1966, the 1st Guards Regiment numbered 1,500 men, and the 2nd Guards Regiment was in the process of being formed and trained by Soviet advisers.
Today, the regiment consists of a single battalion. The regiment's primary function remains as a bodyguard to the President of Ghana and to defend the Presidential Palace in Accra.
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