Jerry John Rawlings

nensaala
Dɔɔ bee pɔge bee dɔgebo	dɔɔ
Dɔgebo paaloŋ	Ghana
Name in native language	Jerry John Rawlings
Yo-ennaa bee yoporaa	Jerry
Family name	Rawlings
Nickname	Papa J, Junior Jesus
Dɔgebo bebiri	22 Gyoone 1947
Dɔgebo zie	Accra
Kūū bebiri	12 Nyɔgevennebare 2020
Place of death	Korle - Bu Teaching Hospital
Manner of death	natural causes
Place of burial	Accra
Spouse	Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings
Child	Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Amina Rawlings
Native language	Bɔrefɔ
Kɔkɔyelii, sɛge ne bee goligoluu	Bɔrefɔ, Ewe, Twi
Tonnoɔre	Pɔleteesa, military personnel, soldier
Voaraa	President of Ghana, President of Ghana, chairperson
Zanne la	Achimota School
Work location	Accra
Toma vuo (piiluu)	1967
Politikal paati mɛmba	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, Ghana, Kataweɛ paati
Candidacy in election	1992 Ghanaian presidential election
Participant in	1979 Ghanaian coup d'état
Military or police rank	captain
Participated in conflict	Second Liberian Civil War
Military branch	Ghana Air Force
Member of	Holy Spirit Cathedral (Accra)
Ghana Place Names URL	https://sites.google.com/site/ghanaplacenames/places-in-perspective/birthplaces#h.iok4e2ow8cqq, https://sites.google.com/site/ghanaplacenames/places-in-perspective/birthplaces#h.qcain25x7yrs

Jerry John Rawlings (meŋ naŋ e Jerry Rawlings John; ba naŋ dɔge 22 Gyoone 1947 – 12 Nyɔgevenne 2020)^[1] da e la Ghana sogya neŋkpoŋ, aloopelee bee ɛllkɔlkya mɔna ane pɔleteesa naŋ de weɛ ne a paaloŋ 1979 poɔ ta soga ane a de 1981 te tɔ 2001. O ŋmɛ la kuu ziŋ naaŋ te ta 1993, kyɛ la ziŋ yuomo ayi e Ghana yelkaŋyeli yidaandɔɔ ba naŋ ɛlɛte.^[2]^[3]^[4] Ona la wederɛ naŋ ziŋ naaŋkogi toŋ kɔɔre Ghana yelkorɔ poɔ, a di naaŋ a paaloŋ yuomo pie ne awae (19).^[5]^[6]

Rawlings wa la naaŋ Ghana poɔ "as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force" tuuro zẽẽ kyeroo coup d'état 1979 poɔ. Sɛre a lɛ, o de la weɛ ne kuu ba naŋ teɛre kyaare a bɔnne kuu gɔmenante naŋ da be naaŋ ka o ba kyɛŋ soŋ Tusidee, 15 Mɛnoɔre 1979 eŋɛ, kyɛre daare anuu ka ba na e yelkaŋyeli nuneɛ naŋ nare biŋ. Ba naŋ wa leɛre naaŋ ko yelkaŋyeli bɔnne baare, o iri la a yelkaŋyeli bɔnne ba naŋ ɛlɛte ne kuu taasidee, 31 Disembare 1981 eŋɛ onaŋ e a Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) dakogi zu soba.^[7] O kuu naaŋ poɔ, nensaalba yaga da nyɛ la werekao.

1992 poɔ, Rawlings da bare la a kpare-sɔglɔ toma, a mɛ a Kataweɛ Paati {National Democratic Congress (NDC)}, a leɛ a fɔrɔ yidaandɔɔ a republic anaare eŋɛ. Rawlings ko la zɔɔre vũũ 1995 poɔ a First Liberian Civil War wagere. Ba da la leɛ ɛlɛte o la 1996 poɔ a la poɔ o yuomo anaare.^[8]^[9] O ɔfere buyi kpeɛbo naŋ wa baare, o bɔge a seŋ a Ghana merɛ gane naŋ wuli, Rawlings da neɛ la nu ko o potuuro John Atta Mills ka o na are yidaandɔɔloŋ 2000 poɔ. Rawlings da tona kora la African Union, Somalia toŋkorɔ.^[10] O kpie 2020 poɔ o yuomo 73 poɔ ka ba da ko o state kuori.^[11]^[12]

Poɔyɛlɛ

Rawlings was born as Jerry Rawlings John on Sunday, 22 June 1947 in Accra, Ghana, to Victoria Agbotui, an Anlo Ewe from Dzelukope, Keta, and James Ramsey John, a British chemist from Castle Douglas in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. His father never lived with him and his mother and went back to Britain in 1959.^[13]^[14] Rawlings gaa la Achimota School ane "military academy" Teshie eŋɛ.^[4]^[15] Rawlings kuli la Nana Konadu Agyeman, neɛ o naŋ pɔge ka o wa be Achimota College. Ba taa la bipɔgeba bata: Zanetor Rawlings, Yaa Asantewaa Rawlings, Amina Rawlings; ane bidɔɔyeni, Kimathi Rawlings.^[16]^[17] Junior Agogo da e la Rawlings yɔɔ bee kpẽɛ̃ bie.^[18]

Kanne gaa niŋe

The following are physical books relevant to Jerry Rawlings, which may not be available online, but are added in case of looking for more information.

Danso-Boafo, Kwaku (2012). J. J. Rawlings and the Democratic Transition in Ghana. Accra: Ghana Universities Press. ISBN 978-996430384-6.
Ahwoi, Kwamena (2020). Working with Rawlings. Tema: Digibooks Ghana Limited. ISBN 9789988892999.
Nugent, Paul (1996). Big men, small boys and politics in Ghana. London: Frances Pinter. ISBN 9781855673731

See also, Shipley, Jesse Weaver. "Alternative Histories of Global Sovereignty: Ghana's Lost Revolution" Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Vol. 42, No. 2, 2022, pp. 532–537. DOI 10.1215/1089201X09988009.

Liŋki yɔlle

Flight Lieutenant Jeremiah John Rawlings at ghana-pedia.org

Political offices
Preceded by Fred Akuffo	Head of state of Ghana 1979	Succeeded by Hilla Limann
Preceded by Hilla Limann	Head of state of Ghana 1981–1993	Succeeded by Constitutional Rule
Preceded by Constitutional rule re-established in Ghana	President of Ghana 1993–2001	Succeeded by John Kufuor
Preceded by Nicéphore Soglo	Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States 1994–1996	Succeeded by Sani Abacha
Military offices
Preceded by Joseph Nunoo-Mensah	Chief of the Defence Staff November 1982 – August 1983	Succeeded by Arnold Quainoo
Party political offices
New title	National Democratic Congress presidential candidate 1992, 1996	Succeeded by John Atta Mills

Sommo Yizie

[1] ttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Jerry-J-Rawlings

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190507232832/http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/ghana/history

[3] ttps://www.myjoyonline.com/news/national/rawlings-hails-frontline-health-workers/

[:0-4] 4.0 ^4.1 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jerry-J-Rawlings

[5] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=fulBCgAAQBAJ&dq=jerry+rawlings+longest+serving+leader+ghana&pg=PA37

[6] ttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54929779.amp

[7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240609212441/https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/adedeji_summer01/

[8] ttp://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=166

[9] ttps://www.myghpage.com/jerry-john-rawlings/

[10] ttps://www.myjoyonline.com/news/au-chairperson-receives-high-representative-for-somalia-jerry-john-rawlings/

[11] ttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ghana-buries-former-president-jerry-rawlings-with-honors-ghana-president-leader-coups-country-b1793674.html

[12] ttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/12/ghana-former-leader-jerry-rawlings-dies-at-73

[13] ttps://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/son-castle-douglas-chemist-former-23054404

[14] ttps://www.theghanareport.com/my-mum-filled-the-void-left-by-my-dad-rawlings/

[15] ttps://www.jstor.org/stable/41406753

[16] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190802234547/https://yen.com.gh/104923-jj-rawlings-children-wife.html

[17] ttps://www.mynewsgh.com/all-my-children-are-politicians-konadu-rawlings-makes-shocking-disclosure/

[18] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230813180720/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Mahama-s-son-Asiedu-Nketia-s-nephew-Four-Ghanaian-footballers-who-are-related-to-politicians-1545800

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v t e Heads of state of Ghana
Queen (1957–1960)	Elizabeth II
President of the First Republic (1960–1966)	Nkrumah
Military regime (1966–1969)	Ankrah Afrifa
President of the Second Republic (1969–1972)	Afrifa Ollennu* E. Akufo-Addo
Military regime (1972–1979)	Acheampong Akuffo Rawlings
President of the Third Republic (1979–1981)	Limann
Military regime (1981–1993)	Rawlings
President of the Fourth Republic (from 1993)	Rawlings Kufuor Mills Mahama N. Akufo-Addo Mahama
*Acting President