Former President Jerry Rawlings

Jerry John Rawlings (born 1947) is a longtime Ghanaian politician who served as the country's president twice. He has been called a "benevolent dictator." Image File history File links Former Ghanaian president Jerry Rawlings. ... Image File history File links Former Ghanaian president Jerry Rawlings. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The benevolent dictator is a more modern version of the classical enlightened despot, being an undemocratic or authoritarian leader who exercises his or her political power for the benefit of the people rather than exclusively for his or her own self-interest or benefit, or for the benefit of only...

Initially during his time in office, he committed his government to populist reforms such as socialist economics and anti-corruption measures. Rawlings was a member of the Ghanian military with the rank of flight lieutenant. Jerry Rawling was imprisonned for mutiny in 1979.He came to power for the first time after a bloody military coup organised by his supporters on June 4 1979. Shortly after that coup, the former military dictators Acheampong, Afrifa and Akuffo were executed for various abuses during their respective terms. After about 4 months in office, Rawlings' junta organized free elections and handed power to the elected president Hilla Limann. The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... Hilla Limann (December 12, 1934–January 23, 1998) was the President of Ghana from September 24, 1979 to December 31, 1981. ...

The militares did not interfere while Limmann was in office until Limann was deposed in a coup by Rawlings on December 31, 1981. After his second coup Rawlings policies became more centrist, as he began to advocate free-market reforms. However, despite the country's relative economic success, the Ghanaian government was criticized abroad for committing numerous abuses of human rights. Rawlings was re-elected in 1992 and 1996 in somewhat free and fair elections. He retired in 2001 and was succeeded by John Kufuor, his main opponent in the 1996 election who defeated Rawlings's vice-president John Atta-Mills in 2000 and 2004. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A free market is an idealized market system, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: People stubs | 1938 births | Ghanaian people ... Prof. ...

Contemporary Sightings

• Jerry Rawlings writes, "As one of the few African leaders to resuscitate a collapsed economy, I would have preferred unconditional debt cancellation for all sub-Saharan Africa, with a monitoring system to ensure that the released funds go into basic infrastructure, health, education and provision of good drinking water - and are not deposited in banks in donor countries," in a Guardian article titled Africa Needs People Power. His email address is listed as ghana1000usa@yahoo.com at the bottom of the article.

Lt. ... Prior to independence Ghana was the British Gold Coast colony. ... Hilla Limann (December 12, 1934–January 23, 1998) was the President of Ghana from September 24, 1979 to December 31, 1981. ... Hilla Limann (December 12, 1934–January 23, 1998) was the President of Ghana from September 24, 1979 to December 31, 1981. ... Prior to independence Ghana was the British Gold Coast colony. ... Categories: People stubs | 1938 births | Ghanaian people ...