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Akwasi Afrifa

1936 - 1979

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Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa (24 April 1936 – 26 June 1979) was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, traditional ruler and politician. He was the head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969 and then chairman of the Presidential Commission between 1969 and 1970. He continued as a farmer and political activist. He was elected a member of Parliament in 1979, but he was executed before he could take his seat. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akwasi Afrifa is the 16,919th most popular politician (down from 16,246th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 31st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Ghanaian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Akwasi Afrifa ranks 16,919 out of 19,576Before him are Yury Borisov, Paulo d'Eça Leal, Aminata Touré, Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, Maja Gojković, and Natalya Petrusyova. After him are Yaël Braun-Pivet, Martín Vázquez, Edward Brooke, Vangelis Meimarakis, Keen Johnson, and Nancy Faeser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Akwasi Afrifa ranks 526Before him are Charles Dierkop, M. Scott Peck, James Stacy, Elizabeth Dole, Gary Hart, and Dick Cavett. After him are Dick Richards, Barbara Sobotta, Roger Staub, Salvador Reyes Monteón, Adán Godoy, and Peter Hill-Wood. Among people deceased in 1979, Akwasi Afrifa ranks 269Before him are Erich Schmitt, Rolf Holmberg, Edward Akufo-Addo, Charles Coughlin, Ann Dvorak, and Mikhail Ogonkov. After him are Jocelyne LaGarde, Yvonne Mitchell, Dick Esser, Edgar Buchanan, John F. Seitz, and George Brent.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Akwasi Afrifa ranks 38 out of 162Before him are Ibrahim Sunday (1944), Gerald Asamoah (1978), Richard Baawobr (1959), Felix Nartey (null), Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913), and Edward Akufo-Addo (1906). After him are Baba Rahman (1994), Nii Amaa Ollennu (1906), Kwadwo Asamoah (1988), Hugh Quarshie (1954), Owusu Benson (1977), and James Kwesi Appiah (1960).

Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, Akwasi Afrifa ranks 15Before him are Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Hilla Limann (1934), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), Fred Akuffo (1937), Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913), and Edward Akufo-Addo (1906).