Joseph Arthur Ankrah Totally Explained

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

Early life

Ankrah was born on August 18, 1915 in Accra to the Ga family of Samuel Paul Cofie Ankrah, an overseer for the Christian Missionary Society and Beatrice Abashie Quaynor, a trader. Ankrah began his schooling in 1921 at the Wesleyan Methodist School in Accra, where his nickname was 'Ankrah Patapaa' for his "forcefulness in arguments and always playing leadership role among his mates". He then joined the Ghana Civil Service. on suspicion of involvement in a coup plot. He was forced to resign as Chairman of the NLC and Head of State over a bribery scandal involving a Nigerian businessman.

Family

In 1965 he married his third wife, Mildred Christina Akosiwor Fugar (June 12, 1938 - June 9, 2005), in Accra.

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