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Ebo Tawiah
Ebo Tawiah is a Ghanaian unionist and politician. He was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) military government led by Jerry Rawlings which ruled Ghana after the overthrow of the Limann government. Unionist Prior to his involvement in politics, Tawiah was a Trade Unionist. In 2019, Tawiah was honoured post-humously along with Jerry Rawlings and others with an award by the Ghana Mineworkers Union's during their 75th Anniversary celebrations. Politics Tawiah was a member of the Socialist Forum of Ghana. He was also an activist of the Convention People's Party led by Kwame Nkrumah and campaigned for the banned party to be reinstated. Tawiah was appointed to the PNDC in August 1982 along with Aanaa Enin This was following the resignations of Reverend Father Damuah and Amartey Quaye. During the PNDC era, Paul Collins Appiah Ofori who later became MP for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa claimed that he had been wrongfully detained under the military regime and Tawi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provisional National Defence Council
The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, in a coup d'état on 31 December 1981. He remained in power until 7 January 1993. In a statement, Rawlings said that a "holy war" was necessary due to the PNP's failure to provide effective leadership and the collapse of the national economy and state services. The PNDC was a military dictatorship that induced civilians to participate in governance. Most of its members were civilians. Its policies reflected a revolutionary government that was pragmatic in its approach. The economic objectives of the PNDC were to halt Ghana's economic decay, stabilize the economy, and stimulate economic growth. The PNDC also brought a change in the people’s attitude from a 'government will provide' position to participating in nation-building. The PNDC provided a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Amartey Quaye
Joachim Amartey Quaye was a Ghanaian politician. He was found guilty of involvement in the murder of four Ghanaian citizens and executed by a firing squad in 1982. Politics Amartey Quaye was one of the original seven members of the Provisional National Defence Council appointed after the military overthrow of the Limann government of the Third Republic of Ghana. Murder of judges During the hours of a night time curfew in force on 30 June 1982, three judges, Justices Kwadwo Agyei Agyapong, Fred Poku Sarkodee and Cecilia Koranteng-Addow and a retired army officer Major Sam Acquah were abducted from their homes. Their charred bodies were found on 3 July 1982 at the Bundase Military Range, 50 kilometers from Accra. They had been murdered. All four had adjudicated on cases in which they had ordered the release of persons who had been sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, during the rule of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) which had also been led by Jerry Rawling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Ghanaian General Election
General elections were held in Ghana on Friday 7 December 2012 to elect a president and members of Parliament in 275 electoral constituencies. Owing to the breakdown of some biometric verification machines, some voters could not vote, and voting was extended to Saturday 8 December 2012. A run-off was scheduled for 28 December 2012 if no presidential candidate received an absolute majority of 50% plus one vote. Competing for presidency were incumbent president John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), his main challenger Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and six other candidates. Incumbent president John Mahama was declared winner of the presidential contest with 50.7% of the vote, just a few thousand votes over the threshold for avoiding a run-off election. Nana Akufo-Addo received 47.74%. The opposition alleged tampering with results by the Electoral Commission (EC), and filed a petition at the Ghanaian Supreme Court to review the election r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by Jerry Rawlings, who was Head of State of Ghana from 1981 to 1993 and the President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001. Following the formation of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), which ruled Ghana following the military coup d'état on 31 December 1981, there was pressure from the international community to restore democracy. The NDC was formed as the ruling party ahead of elections in 1992, in which Rawlings was elected president, and in 1996 Rawlings was re-elected as the NDC candidate. Rawlings' second term ended in 2001. The NDC lost the presidency in the 2000 election, and it was not until the 2008 election, that they regained it with John Atta Mills as its candidate. They established the 1992 constitution of Ghana The NDC party symbol is an umbrella with the head of a dove at the tip. The party colors are red, white, green, and black, and the party slogan or motto is " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Atta Mills
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2008 election. He was previously the Vice-President from 1997 to 2001 under President Jerry Rawlings, and he contested unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections as the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He was the first Ghanaian head of state to die in office. Early life Mills was born on 21 July 1944 in Tarkwa, in the Western Region of Ghana. His parents were John Atta Mills Sr., an educator, who taught at the Komenda Teacher Training College and Mercy Dawson Amoah. He was the second child (and first son) among seven siblings. A member of the Fante ethnic group, he hailed from the town of Ekumfi Otuam in the Mfantsiman East constituency of the Central Region of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Ghanaian Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Ghana on 3 November 1992. They were the first contested elections held in the country since 1979, and only the fourth contested elections of any sort since the country gained independence in 1957. Jerry Rawlings, who had led the country since taking power in a 1981 coup, had grudgingly agreed to hold multiparty elections earlier in the year. Rawlings ran as the candidate of the Progressive Alliance, which included his National Democratic Congress, and won 58.4% of the vote, enough to win without the need for a runoff. Voter turnout was 50.2%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p. 438 The opposition accused Rawlings and his supporters of engaging in massive fraud, including ballot-box stuffing and altering results after they were certified. Nonetheless, international observers pronounced the elections free and fair. Results References {{Ghanaian elections Presidential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (Ghana Parliament Constituency)
Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa constituency is located in thAsikuma-Odoben-Brakwa districtof the Central Region of Ghana. Boundaries The seat is located entirely within the district of the same name in the Central Region of Ghana. Members of Parliament See also *List of Ghana Parliament constituencies *Agona District Agona District is a former district that was located in Central Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988. However on 29 February 2008, it was split off into two new districts: Agona West District (which was elev ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Parliamentary constituencies in the Central Region (Ghana) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Collins Appiah Ofori
Paul Collins Appiah Ofori is a Ghanaian politician and was the Member of Parliament for the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa electorate in the Central Region of Ghana. Early life and education Appiah-Ofori was born on 19 August 1943. He hails from Breman Asikuma in the Central Region of Ghana. He graduated from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, London. Employment Appiah-Ofori worked as the chief executive officer for SIO Industries in Aseba, Delta State, Nigeria from 1987 to 1996. Politics He was first chosen to speak and be a representative to the body electorate in 1996 and held his seat in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Ghanaian parliamentary political decision elections. He is an individual from the New Patriotic Party. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa constituency in the 5th parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was elected with 18,908 out of the 37,015 valid votes cast, equivalent to 48.9% of the total val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Kwabena Damuah
Reverend Father Dr. Vincent Kwabena Damuah (April 1930 – August 1992) was a Catholic priest, theologian and politician in Ghana. He was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) government and was also the founder of the Afrikania Mission. He was also referred to as ''Osɔfo Okɔmfo'' Damuah. Dr. Dumuah received a Ph.D. in African Studies from Howard University in 1971.He was the first Ghanaian Catholic priest who diverted back to practice the African traditional religion and help in writing the first African Scriptures called EDU. He formed the African religious group called the Afrikian Mission which is widely based in South Africa,he championed the Africa Spiritual emancipation. Priesthood Rev. Father Damuah was a Roman Catholic priest from 1957 to 1982. He was once a consultant of Afro-American Affairs in the diocese of Pittsburgh in the United States. He returned to Ghana in 1976. He was suspended from his priestly ministry by the Catholic Church, becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Rawlings
Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer 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. Rawlings 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 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 ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aanaa Enin
Aanaa Naamua Enin is a Ghanaian politician and diplomat. She was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) military government of Ghana. She has also served as Ghana's ambassador to the Netherlands. Politics Aanaa Enin was made a member of the military PNDC government in 1983. The PNDC was formed following the overthrow of the Limann government in December 1981 by a military coup d'état led by Jerry Rawlings who became the Head of state of Ghana This is a list of the heads of state of Ghana, from the independence of Ghana in 1957 to the present day. From 1957 to 1960 the head of state under the Constitution of 1957 was the queen of Ghana, Elizabeth II, who was also the queen of the U .... She served in this capacity until 1989. In 2019, she was appointed to the Complaints Committee of the NDC. Diplomatic service Enin served as Ghana's ambassador to the Netherlands during the rule of John Evans Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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