Joseph Arthur Ankrah
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Joseph Arthur Ankrah

Lt. General Joseph A. Ankrah
Personal data
Date of birth18 August, 1915
Place of birthAccra, Gold Coast
Date of death25 November 1992(age 77)
Place of deathAccra, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partymilitary
SpouseMildred Christina Akosiwor Fugar
ProfessionSoldier
ReligionChristian - Methodist
2nd Head of state of Ghana
(First Military Head of state)
In office24 February, 1966 - 2 April, 1969
Succeeded byAkwasi Afrifa
Preceded byKwame Nkrumah

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Lieutenant General Joseph Arthur Ankrah (18 August 1915 � 25 November 1992) served as the first commander of the Army of Ghana and from 1966 and 1969 as the second head of state.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Kwame Nkrumah		Head of state of Ghana
Military regime
1966 - 1969		Succeeded by
Akwasi Afrifa
Preceded by
Alex Quaison-Sackey		Foreign Minister
1966 - 1967		Succeeded by
John Willie Kofi Harlley
Preceded by
Lt. Gen. E. K. Kotoka		Minister for Defence
1967 - 1969		Succeeded by
Maj. Gen. A. K. Ocran
Preceded by
Kwame Nkrumah		Chairperson of the Organization of African Unity
1966		Succeeded by
Haile Selassie
Military offices
Preceded by
Henry Templer Alexander 		Chief of Army Staff
1961 - 1962		Succeeded by
Major General S. J. A. Otu
Preceded by
Lt. Gen. E. K. Kotoka		Chief of the Defence Staff
1967 - 1968		Succeeded by
Air Marshall Michael A. Otu

Heads of state and Prime Ministers of the Republic of Ghana

Presidents (1960-Present)Nkrumah * Ankrah � * Afrifa � * Ollennu* * Akufo-Addo * Acheampong � * Akuffo � * Rawlings � * Limann * Rawlings * Kufuor * Mills
Prime Ministers (1957-1960; 1969-1972)Kwame Nkrumah (1957-60) * Kofi Abrefa Busia (1969-72)

Chairpersons of the Organization of African Unity and the African Union (AU)

Selassie * Nasser * Nkrumah * Ankrah * Selassie * Mobutu * Boumédienne * Ahidjo * Kaunda * Daddah * Hassan II * Gowon * Barre * Amin * Ramgoolam * Bongo * Nimeiry * Tolbert * Senghor * Stevens * Moi * Mengistu * Nyerere * Diouf * Nguesso * Kaunda * Traoré * Mubarak * Museveni * Babangida * Diouf * Mubarak * Ben Ali * Meles * Biya * Mugabe * Compaoré * Bouteflika * Eyadéma * Chiluba * Mwanawasa * Mbeki * Chissano * Obasanjo * Nguesso * Kufuor * Kikwete * al-Gaddafi * Mutharika |



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