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Ignatius Kutu Acheampong was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who ruled Ghana from 1972 to 1978. He was deposed and executed by a coup led by Jerry Rawlings in 1979.
Sep 19, 2024 · Learn about the Ghanaian army officer who became chief of state in 1972 after a coup, but was executed in 1979 after another coup. Find out more about his life, career, and role in Ghana's history and politics.
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GENERAL IGNATIUS KUTU ACHEAMPONG By James K. Matthews* GENERAL IGNATIUS KUTU ACHEAMPONG, Head of State and Government of Ghana, 1972-1979 and Chairman, Supreme Military Council of Ghana, 1975-1979, was one of several African military comman-ders in the post-colonial era to seize power from a civilian government because of its inept and
A brief biography of Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, a Ghanaian army officer who became chairman of the National Redemption Council in 1972. Learn about his rise and fall, and how he was executed in 1979.
Apr 23, 2006 · Soldier and Political Leader 1931 - 1979. From 1966-1971 he was Chairman for the Western Regional Committee of Administration and between 1971-1972, he served as Commander, First Infantry Brigade.
Ignatius Acheampong, the one-time military ruler of Ghana occupies an unenviable position in the political history of the first Black African nation to have been granted 1 findependence by a colonial power.
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General Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, will launch the 240-page hardcover, which tracks the life, special moments, and the leadership of Gen. Acheampong of the National Redemption Council (NRC) and the Supreme Military Council (SMC) which ruled Ghana from January 1972 to July 1978.
