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University of Indiana. Occupation. Politician, journalist. Elizabeth Akua Ohene (born 24 January 1945) is a Ghanaian journalist and a politician. She served as Minister of State for Tertiary Education in Ghana under President John Kufuor. [1] She had previously served as the Editor of the Daily Graphic, the first woman in the role.
Ghana mass media, news and information provided by television. Radio studio in Ghana. Television was introduced to Ghana in 1965 and was under State control. The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation held a monopoly on television broadcasting until 1994, following the 1992 constitution of the new democratically elected government.
Jerry Rawlings. Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020, [1] also known as Junior Jesus [2]) 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 ...
The Provisional National Defence Council ( PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party 's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, in a coup d'état on 31 December 1981. He remained in power until 7 January 1993.
The National Democratic Congress ( NDC) is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by Jerry Rawlings, who was Head of State of Ghana from 1981 to 1993 and the President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001. [2] [3] Following the formation of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), which ruled Ghana following the military coup d ...
Branch/service. Ghana Army. Rank. Major. Unit. Fifth Infantry Battalion. Major Kojo Boakye-Djan (or Kwadwo Boakye Djan [1]) was a Ghanaian military officer and coup plotter. He is known to have planned the coup that brought Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings to power in Ghana on 4 June 1979 with other junior officers. [2] [3]
National Democratic Party. The National Democratic Party ( NDP) is a Ghanaian political party, founded in October 2012 as a split from the ruling National Democratic Congress. Its first leader was former NDC politician Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, who is also the wife of former President of Ghana and NDC founder Jerry Rawlings .
First Lady, presidential candidate, and 31st December Women's Movement leader. Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (born 17 November 1948) [1] [2] is a Ghanaian politician and the widow of former President Jerry Rawlings, under whose capacity she served as the First Lady of Ghana from 4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 and from 31 December 1981 to 7 ...