We Will Remember You For Your Leadership During Economic Hardship- Mahama Commemorates Rawlings

Mahama Commemorates Rawlings. The former President, John Dramani Mahama, has commemorated the passing of the Late Former President and founder of the National Democratic Congress, John Jerry Rawlings.

“It is 2 years already since the passing of President Jerry John Rawlings, fondly called JJ”

John Mahama went ahead to reminisce about the excellent leadership of John Jerry Rawlings during the times when the country was going through similar economic hardship we are currently facing.

“He steered our nation for 19 years, during which time he laid a solid foundation for our 4th Republic. In these stormy times of economic uncertainty, he is remembered for his astute leadership in similar circumstances in the past. His legacy lives on and continues to shape the moral compass of many.”

Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana.

Rawlings came to power in Ghana as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force following a coup d’état in 1979. Prior to that, he led an unsuccessful coup attempt against the ruling military government on 15 May 1979, just five weeks before scheduled democratic elections were due to take place. After handing power over to a civilian government, he took back control of the country on 31 December 1981 as the chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC).

In 1992, Rawlings resigned from the military, founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and became the first President of the Fourth Republic. He was re-elected in 1996 for four more years. After two terms in office, the limit according to the Ghanaian Constitution, Rawlings endorsed his vice-president John Atta Mills as a presidential candidate in 2000. Rawlings served as the African Union envoy to Somalia. He died in November 2020, at age 73, and was accorded a state funeral.

Mahama Commemorates Rawlings

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