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Jerry Rawlings

1947 - 2020

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Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator, and politician who led the country briefly in 1979 and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a repressive military junta until 1993 and then served two terms as the democratically elected president of Ghana. He was the longest-serving leader in Ghana's history, presiding over the country for 19 years. Rawlings came to power in Ghana as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force following a coup d'état in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Rawlings is the 6,581st most popular politician (up from 8,354th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 8th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Ghanaian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jerry Rawlings ranks 6,581 out of 19,576. Before him are Bernardino Rivadavia, Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, Boris Trajkovski, Altiero Spinelli, Henry the Bearded, and Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Ram Baran Yadav, Władysław Raczkiewicz, Yang You, V. V. Giri, Alexios III of Trebizond, and Archduke Rudolf of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Jerry Rawlings ranks 164. Before him are Yukiya Amano, Rob Reiner, Kathrine Switzer, Rod Evans, Joe Wilson, and Jozef De Kesel. After him are Roy Raymond, Marc Bolan, Billy Hayes, Dan Quayle, Philémon Yang, and Edu Coimbra. Among people deceased in 2020, Jerry Rawlings ranks 125. Before him are Ulay, Otto Barić, James Randi, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Honor Blackman, and Nikolai Kapustin. After him are Samantha Fox, Chadwick Boseman, John Horton Conway, Pascal Lissouba, Robert Trump, and Peter Green.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Jerry Rawlings ranks 11 out of 162. Before him are John Atta Mills (1944), Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Marcel Desailly (1968), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Abedi Pele (1964), and John Kufuor (1938). After him are Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703), Peter Mensah (1959), Efua Dorkenoo (1949), Michael Essien (1982), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), and Peter Poreku Dery (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, Jerry Rawlings ranks 7. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah (1909), John Mahama (1958), John Atta Mills (1944), Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), and John Kufuor (1938). After him are Clement Quartey (1938), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Hilla Limann (1934), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), Fred Akuffo (1937), and Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913).

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