The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is the state military organisation of Ghana,consisting of the Army (GA),Navy (GN),and Ghana Air Force.
Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa 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. He was executed together with two other former heads of state,General Kutu Acheampong and General Fred Akuffo,and five other generals,in June 1979. He was also popularly referred to by his title Okatakyie Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa and was in addition the abakomahene of Krobo in the Asante-Mampong Traditional Area of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
The Supreme Military Council (SMC) was the ruling government of Ghana from 9 October 1975 to 4 June 1979. Its chairman was Colonel I.K. Acheampong. He was also the Head of state of Ghana due to his chairmanship.
Colonel Kwame R. M. Baah was a soldier and politician. He was the Ghanaian foreign minister between 1972 and 1975.
Major General Robert Ebenezer Abossey Kotei was a soldier,politician and track and field athlete. He was once the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces and also a member of the Supreme Military Council that ruled Ghana between 1975 and 1979. He was executed in 1979,following a military coup. He also held the Ghanaian high jump record for many years.
A referendum on the system of government was held in Ghana on 30 March 1978.
Rear Admiral Chemogoh Kevin Dzang was born at Nandom in the Upper West Region of Ghana. He was a naval officer and a former Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy. He also served Ghana as a Secretary of State for Defence and an ambassador to Japan with concurrent accreditation to the Commonwealth of Australia,Papua New Guinea,Singapore,South Korea,Malaysia,New Zealand,Indonesia,the Philippines,Brunei Darussalam and Thailand.
Major General Neville Alexander Odartey-Wellington (1934–1979) was a Ghanaian army officer who was Chief of Army Staff of the Ghana Army from 1978 to 1979. He died in action leading loyal troops against revolting forces during the 4 June 1979 military uprising in Ghana which toppled the Supreme Military Council II government led by Fred Akuffo.
1970s in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the years 1970 to 1979.
Gustav Koranteng-Addow was the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ghana from 9 October 1975 to January 1979 under the Supreme Military Council.
Edward Kwaku Utuka was a Ghanaian military officer,who held the rank of major general of the Ghana Armed Forces,was a former border guards commander and member of the Supreme Military Council I &II,the ruling government of Ghana from 9 October 1975 to 4 June 1979.
Cornelius Odarquaye Quarcoopome,was a Ghanaian physician and academic. He was an ophthalmologist and professor at the University of Ghana Medical School. He and others have been described as pioneers of the medical profession in Ghana.
Mohammed Abdul-Saaka was a Ghanaian politician. He was a deputy minister in the second republic. He served as deputy minister for defence and later deputy minister for internal affairs.
Kofi Badu was a Ghanaian politician and journalist. He served as a member of parliament during Ghana's first republic and a minister of state during the Supreme Military Council (SMC) era and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) era. As a journalist,he was editor for various newspapers.
Brigadier William Wallace Bruce-Konuah was a Ghanaian soldier. He served as Chief of the Army Staff of the Ghana Army from 6 June 1979 to July 1979. Prior to his appointment,he was the defense attachéto Ghana's High Commission in Pakistan. He was succeeded by Arnold Quainoo. In 1983 he resumed foreign service at the Ghana Embassy in the United States. There,he worked as a Minister Consular. In 1986 he was appointed managing director of Ghamot Company Limited.
Peter Tasiri Azongo is a Ghanaian soldier and politician. He was a member of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) which ruled Ghana for a few months in 1979.
William Adjei Thompson was a Ghanaian soldier and politician. He was the Greater Accra Regional Commissioner from 1975 to 1977,the Regional Commissioner for the Brong Ahafo Region from 1977 to 1978,and the Central Regional Commissioner from 1978 to June 1979. In 1985,he was reappointed Greater Accra Regional Minister and in 1986,appointed Regional Secretary for the Western Region. He remained in this position until April 1988 when he was made Greater Accra Regional Minister for a third time. He served in this capacity until 1991.
Paul Kwame Nkegbe is a Ghanaian politician and military officer. He served as Commissioner for Education,Culture,and Sports,Commissioner for Industries,Commissioner for Agriculture and Commissioner for Health in Ghana.
Colonel George Minyila was a Ghanaian military officer,diplomat and politician who served in various capacities in the National Redemption Council and Supreme Military Council (Ghana) governments as well as the military during his lifetime. He is best remembered for his reforms in the Eastern Region of Ghana,where he was assigned under the policy of former Head of State Ignatius Kutu Acheampong to deploy Ministers to regions they did not hail from.
Alhaji David Amadu Iddisah was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who served in various capacities in the National Redemption Council and Supreme Military Council (Ghana) governments as well as the military.
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