Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (born 1936)

Akwasi Afrifa

Soldier, politician and former Head of state of Ghana

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…

List of heads of state of Ghana

This is a list of the heads of state of Ghana, from the independence of Ghana in 1957 to the present day.