Share FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinWhatsappTelegramEmail 489 Spread the love Former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, has died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Accra. Mr. Rawlings had been on admission at the Teaching hospital since Sunday, Starr News sources say. It comes weeks after the passing of his mother. More Articles You Would Love #BIKINIBAE: See Images Of The Haute Togolese Swimwear Model Stonebwoy Selected As ‘PUTUU’s Main Video Vixen #HOTSHOTS: Ghanaian Beauty At It’s Best, Watch Model Bolanle Tear Up This Leopard Print Editorial Jerry John Rawlings was born on 22 June 1947 is a former Ghanaian military leader and subsequent politician who ruled the country from 1981 to 2001 and also for a brief period in 1979. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana. Rawlings initially came to power in Ghana as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force following a coup d’état in 1979. Prior to that, he led an unsuccessful coup attempt against the ruling military government on 15 May 1979, just five weeks before scheduled democratic elections were due to take place. After initially handing power over to a civilian government, he took back control of the country on 31 December 1981 as the Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC). In 1992, Rawlings resigned from the military, founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and became the first President of the Fourth Republic. He was re-elected in 1996 for four more years. After two terms in office, the limit according to the Ghanaian Constitution, Rawlings endorsed his vice-president John Atta Mills as presidential candidate in 2000. Until his death he served as the African Union envoy to Somalia. Share FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinWhatsappTelegramEmail Nana Tamakloe Founder of FashionGHANA.com and Accra Fashion Week. I'm grateful you visited, I hope you share, subscribe and share your comments or opinions below. More For You Accra Fashion Week 2024 Set To Explode African Fashion This December; Designer Registration... VIDEO: Ghanaian Beauty Anette Addo-Yobo Scoops The Crown As The First African To... #BIKINIBAE: When Fitness Meets Swimwear, Check Out The Haute Gym Enthusiast Melinda Walls VIDEO: Drake / Rick Ross Beef Escalates As Rick Ross Is Attacked In... VIDEO: Watch Moment Tyla Scooped The BET Awards For Best International Act PICS: Popular Senegalese Influencer Khady Gueye Serves a Slice of African Authenticity in... #CHIVIDO2024: Get A Glimpse Of All Davido & Chioma Adeleke’s Traditional African Wedding... #HOTSHOTS: ‘REIGNING THROUGH THE RAIN’ A Beautiful African Print Editorial By Nana Tamakloe VIDEO: Kenyan Influencer Elsa Majimbo Finally Speaks Out And Breaks Down What’s Going... WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO: Ruto’s Dictatorship Regime Opens Fire & Kills Kenyan Protestors To... Leave a Comment Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.