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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 ...
Fred Akuffo. Jerry Rawlings. The June 4th Revolution [1] or June 4th Uprising was an uprising in Ghana in 1979 that arose due to a conflict between the lower ranks and officers in the Ghana armed forces. [2] This led to frustration among the general public and misunderstandings within the Ghanaian army.
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 ...
Congo Crisis. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong ( / əˈtʃæmˈpɒŋ / ə-CHAM-PONG; 23 September 1931 – 16 June 1979) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who was the military head of state of Ghana from 13 January 1972 to 5 July 1978, when he was deposed in a palace coup. He was executed by firing squad on 16 June 1979.
The June 4 coup was preceded by an abortive attempt on May 15, 1979, when Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings and other ranks were arrested. Their trial only served to make them popular till they were eventually released on the morning of June 4 by young officers and noncommissioned officers inspired by Rawlings.
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.
Fred Akuffo. Lieutenant General Frederick William "Fred" Kwasi Akuffo (21 March 1937 – 26 June 1979) was a Ghanaian soldier and politician. He was Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces from 1976 to 1978, and chairman of the ruling Supreme Military Council in Ghana from 1978 to 1979. [1] He became leader of the government in a ...
Memorial to the Martyrs of the Rule of Law in front of the Supreme Court of Ghana buildings. Cecilia Koranteng-Addow (née Gaisie, 24 May 1936 – 30 June 1982) was a High court judge in Ghana from 1975 until her abduction and murder on 30 June 1982, during the second military rule of Jerry Rawlings .