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You are here: Home / Democracy News Headlines / International Democracy / Jerry Rawlings, one of Africa’s greatest democrats dies

Jerry Rawlings, one of Africa’s greatest democrats dies

November 14, 2020 by DC Editors 1 Comment

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Jerry Rawlings, one of Africa's greatest democrat dies at 73
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“Jerry John Rawlings who died after a short illness in Accra on Thursday morning, was known as an influential figure in Ghanaian politics.”

Christian Akorlie, noted that, Rawlings oversaw “Ghana’s transition to multi-party democracy, winning election in 1992 and 1996 before stepping down in 2001…Today, Ghana is considered one of West Africa’s most mature democracies and regularly sees power change hands between its two main parties…“A great tree has fallen, and Ghana is poorer for this loss,” President Akufo-Addo said in a statement on Rawlings’ death.”

Read more about the great exploits of this African democrat, one of the greatest, through this link.

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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Election History, Ghana, Political Dissidents, Worldwide

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  1. David Anderson says

    November 27, 2020 at 10:28 am

    Wow. He was still alive? Amazing, isnt’ it, when you assume somebody died years ago but they didn’t, you find they just died yesterday.
    Rawlings was one of the old wolves of the independence mvts in Africa.

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