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Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military coup leader, 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 .
Jun 18, 2024 · Jerry J. Rawlings (J.J. Rawlings), military and political leader in Ghana who twice (1979, 1981) overthrew the government and seized power. His second period of rule (1981–2001) afforded Ghana political stability and competent economic management.
Ghana's longest-serving leader, former flight lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, who died on 12 November 2020, had an enduring legacy as 'the man of the people'. He twice seized power in Ghana but...
Nov 12, 2020 · Ghana's former President Jerry John Rawlings has died at the age of 73. He led two coups, first in 1979, before twice being elected president in multiparty polls.
Nov 12, 2020 · Jerry Rawlings, a former Ghanaian Air Force officer who led two military coups before steering his country toward democracy with an authoritarian hand, died on Thursday in the nation’s capital,...
Nov 13, 2020 · Ghana's longest-serving leader, former flight lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, who died on Thursday, was an influential figure for a generation of people like me born in the late 1970s.
Nov 12, 2020 · Ghana’s former leader Jerry Rawlings, who seized power twice in military coups but went on to bring democratic rule to the West African country, died on Thursday at the age of 73, the country’s...
Jan 27, 2021 · The state funeral of Ghana's longest serving leader, Jerry John Rawlings, has taken place in the capital, Accra. During a turbulent career, he led two coups before twice being elected president...
Nov 12, 2020 · Ghana’s former president Jerry Rawlings, who staged two coups and later led the West African country’s transition to a stable democracy, has died aged 73, according to the state’s Radio Ghana and the president Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020.
Nov 12, 2020 · Jerry Rawlings, who seized control of Ghana twice in military coups before becoming the country’s democratically-elected president, has died at the age of 73, his party said in a statement...
