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{{Short description|Leader of Ghana
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'''Jerry John Rawlings''' (22 [[June]] 1947{{spnd}}12 November, 2020)<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica 2020">{{cite web | title=Jerry J. Rawlings – Biography & Facts | website=Encyclopedia Britannica | date=12 November 2020 | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jerry-J-Rawlings | access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref> was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a [[military junta]] until
Rawlings came to power in Ghana as a [[flight lieutenant]] of the [[Ghana Air Force]] following [[1979 Ghanaian coup d'état|a coup d'état]] in 1979. Prior to that, he led an unsuccessful coup attempt against the ruling military government on Tuesday, 15 May
In 1992, Rawlings resigned from the military founded the [[National Democratic Congress (Ghana)|National Democratic Congress]] (NDC) and became the first president of the Fourth Republic. Rawlings brokered a ceasefire in 1995 during the [[First Liberian Civil War#Ceasefire (1995)|First Liberian Civil War]]. He was re-elected in 1996 for four more years.<ref name="Ghanaweb">{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=166 |title=Flt.-Lt. (Rtd) Jerry John Rawlings Profile |access-date=3 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214115152/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=166 |archive-date=14 February 2013 }}</ref><ref name="MyGHPage">{{cite web|url=https://www.myghpage.com/jerry-john-rawlings/ |title=Jerry John Rawlings Profile – MyGHPage |access-date=5 December 2020 }}</ref> After two terms in office, the limit according to the [[Constitution of Ghana|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2011 |title=AU Chairperson receives High Representative for Somalia, Jerry John Rawlings |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/au-chairperson-receives-high-representative-for-somalia-jerry-john-rawlings/ |access-date=26 November 2020 |website=MyJoyOnline. |language=en-US}}</ref> He died in 2020 at age 73 and was accorded a [[state funeral]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 January 2021|title=Ghana buries former president Jerry Rawlings with honors|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ghana-buries-former-president-jerry-rawlings-with-honors-ghana-president-leader-coups-country-b1793674.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ghana-buries-former-president-jerry-rawlings-with-honors-ghana-president-leader-coups-country-b1793674.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=28 January 2021|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Accra|first=Staff and agencies in|date=12 November 2020|title=Ghana's former leader Jerry Rawlings dies at 73|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/12/ghana-former-leader-jerry-rawlings-dies-at-73|access-date=20 November 2020|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
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