Jerry Rawlings obituary
by Victoria Brittain from on (#5ABK4)
Charismatic military leader and elected president of Ghana who dominated political life in the 1980s and 90s
Jerry Rawlings, the former military leader then twice-elected president of Ghana, who has died aged 73, dominated the country's political life for two decades in the 1980s and 90s.
In May 1979, Flt Lt Rawlings of the Ghanaian air force burst on to the country's political scene. With a handful of officers, he launched an unsuccessful coup d'etat against a corrupt and discredited military government headed by Gen Fred Akuffo, shortly before a planned election.
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