Jerry John Rawlings
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, African Americans, Blacks, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: African History
Article abstract: Military significance: During the first week of June, 1979, Rawlings and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) bested government troops trying to quell the coup. Rawlings eventually became president of Ghana.
John Jerry Rawlings was born the son of a Ghanaian civil servant. He attended the Ghana Military Academy at Teshie and joined the Ghanaian Air Force in 1967. Rawlings eventually became involved with a group of young military officers who led a failed coup attempt against General Fred Akuffo on May 15, 1979. Rawlings and his...
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