Jerry John Rawlings was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator, and politician who led the country briefly in 1979 and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military regime until 1993 and then served two terms as the democratically elected president of Ghana. This is the story ofJerryRawlings, the Military leader-turned-democrat who dominated political life in Ghana throughout the 1980s and 90s. The death of Ghana's former president Jerry John Rawlings at age 73 on Thursday in Accra, sparked mixed reactions across the nation. Some were saddened by Rawlings death while others spoke of human rights abuses under his rule. Jerry_Rawlings1 (Large) Like many leaders throughout Africa, JerryRawlings was a paradoxical figure. He could be calculating and ruthless, as when he ordered a bloody “housecleaning” of those he viewed as corrupt or disloyal. JerryRawlings, a former Ghanaian Air Force officer who led two military coups before steering his country toward democracy with an authoritarian hand, died on Thursday in the nation’s capital, Accra. The revolutionary and statesman Jerry John Rawlings, former President of Ghana, died on Thursday at the age of 73 and after a short illness. Leader of Ghana in 1979 and 1981–2001 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ghana's longest-serving leader, former flight lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, who died on Thursday, was an influential figure for a generation of people like me born in the late 1970s.
