Jerry Rawlings
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Jerry Rawlings
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1979 Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
1981 A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.
1993 The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.