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Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020) [1] was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected president of Ghana. [2][3][4] He was the longest-serving ...
Jerry Rawlings, who seized power twice in military coups but is now regarded as a driving force behind Ghana's emergence as a stable democracy, died on Thursday at the age of 73, his party said.
The 1981 Ghanaian coup d'état was a successful government takeover in Ghana led by Air Force Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings against the Hilla Limann administration, establishing the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) with Jerry Rawlings assuming leadership of the country. [1] The second of two coups to be orchestrated by Jerry ...
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (born 17 November 1948) [1] [2] is a Ghanaian politician and the widow of former President Jerry Rawlings. She was First Lady of Ghana from 4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 and from 31 December 1981 to 7 January 2001. [2] [3] In 2016, she became the first woman to run for President of Ghana.
Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings (born 1 June 1978) [ 1 ][ 2 ] is Ghanaian medical doctor, politician, Activist & Campaigner [ 3 ] who is the eldest daughter of the 1st President under the 4th Republic of Ghana Jerry Rawlings (1993–2001) and former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman [ 4 ] (1993–2001). She is National Democratic Congress ' Member of ...
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Politics of Ghana. Presidential elections were held in Ghana on 3 November 1992. They were the first contested elections held in the country since 1979, and only the fourth contested elections of any sort since the country gained independence in 1957. Jerry Rawlings, who had led the country since taking power in a 1981 coup, had grudgingly ...