Joseph Kwame Adjei Buadi ( 1946 – 2016 ) was a Ghanaian soldier and politician. He was one of the original members of the

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 co ...

(PNDC) military government which came to power following the overthrow of the

Limann government This is a listing of the ministers who served in Limann's People's National Party government during the Third Republic of Ghana. The Third Republic was inaugurated on 24 September 1979. It ended with the coup on 31 December 1981, which brought t ...

on 31 December 1981. Adjei Buadi was born in 1946 at Nkawie in the

Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...

. He enlisted in the

Ghana Army The Ghana Army (GA) is the main ground warfare organizational military branch of the Ghanaian Armed Forces (GAF). In 1959, two years after the Gold Coast obtained independence as Ghana, the Gold Coast Regiment was withdrawn from the Royal Wes ...

in 1963. Adjei Buadi was Chief instructor and second-in-command at the Armed Forces Fire Training School prior to becoming a member of the PNDC. In the PNDC, he was the coordinator for the Armed Forces Defence Committees which had been formed following the 31 December 1981 coup d'état. He testified to the National Reconciliation Commission in March 2003 that he resigned from the PNDC because he was not happy about the killing of the three serving high court judges and the retired army officer by individuals related to the government. Rawlings described him as a "rare gem who was extremely efficient, highly disciplined soldier and materially incorruptible."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adjei Buadi, Joseph 1946 births 2016 deaths Ghanaian soldiers Ghanaian politicians People from Ashanti Region

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