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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]
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 ...
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Known for. 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. She was First Lady of Ghana from 4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 and ...
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.
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 ...
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is a centre-right and liberal-conservative political party in Ghana. [5][6][7] Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian politics, with its leading rival being the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC). [8][9] John Kufuor of the NPP was President of ...
This is a listing of the ministers who served in Jerry Rawlings 's National Democratic Congress government during the Fourth Republic of Ghana. This started on January 7, 1993, after 11 years of military rule by Rawlings. He retired from the Ghana Armed Forces and served a further two democratically elected terms ending January 7, 2001.
TV3 is a Ghanaian free-to-air television network in Ghana. [1] Launched in 1997 by Malaysian company Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad, [2] TV3 airs and produces a variety of television programmes including news bulletins, dramas and reality television and entertainment shows. It was taken over by a Ghanaian company called Media General Ghana ...