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Jerry Rawlings served Ghana as a leader from 1981 to 2001
Jerry Rawlings, the former leader of Ghana, died Thursday morning from Covid-19, the BBC found.
Jerry John Rawlings was born in Democrat on June 22, 1947 for Accra, of a Ghanaian mother who hails from the Volta region and a Scottish father.
Rawlings attends Achimota School, where he obtained a General Certificate of Education Level ‘O’ in 1966.
After level ‘O’, he joined the Ghana air force as a flight cadet around August 1967 and later joined the cadet training unit of the Ghana Military Academy and Training School, Teshie, and then in Accra as an officer.
In 1969, he graduated as a commissioned pilot officer and won the highest “Speed Bird Trophy” for best cadet in flight and aerial skill and in 1978 rose to the rank of flight lieutenant.
On May 28, 1979 Flt.-Lt. Rawlings den six other military officers appear in court after a failed coup attempt.
First coup plot
He justifies the coup as an idea and cites corruption and leadership as a reason for the coup.
Rawlings is publicly sentenced to death and imprisoned.
While awaiting the execution, a group of soldiers on June 7, 1979 stormed the cells where they were in custody and at liberty.
Shortly afterwards, he starred in the successful overthrow of the government of the Supreme Military Council (SMC), who led the group in a coup to overthrow the Akuffo Government and the Supreme Military Council.
He formed the Revolutionary Council of the Armed Forces (AFRC) when he assumed power.
During the AFRC’s 112 days of leadership, Rawlings ordered the execution of eight military officers by firing squad.
Dem dey include Generals Kotei, Joy Amedume, Roger Felli, and Utuka, plus three former heads of state, including Afrifa, Acheampong den Akuffo.
He handed over power to the civilian government led by Dr. Hilla Limann.
Second coup
In 1981, he organized a second coup with the removal of the civilian government of Hilla Limann and helped bring him to power.
Now it forms the Provisional Council of National Defense (PNDC) that assumes the position of government.
Rawlings ruled Ghana as leader of the PNDC from 1982 to 1992, where the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lobbied to turn the country into a democratic state. After they show their support, Ghana and the economic recovery plan give the things that make it demand that the country become a democratic state.
Democracy under Rawlings
In 1992, he formed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) which allowed Ghana to hold general elections.
He won the general election by overwhelming and ruled Ghana for eight more years, from 1992 to 2000, where he served two terms as a democratic government.
Chaw’s political observers praise Jerry John Rawlings for his decision to leave the political scene after democratic rule as more political leaders in Africa seize power by force.
Retired politician and death
Since 2000, Rawlings played a role as Ghanaian statesman after handing over power to John Agyekum Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In November 2000, then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan named Rawlings the first Eminent Person of the 2001 International Year of Volunteers.
In October 2010, dem appointed Jerry Rawlings as the African Union envoy to Somalia.
Later in life, he gives talks, lectures, and topics for places like Oxford University, where he addresses topics such as corruption, poverty, and development in Africa.
He died on November 12, 2020 after a brief illness at Korle Bu University Hospital, Accra.
