Jerry Rawlings, coup leader who ruled Ghana for 20 years, dies at 73 Jerry Rawlings, coup leader who ruled Ghana for 20 years, dies at 73
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Jerry Rawlings, who as a young military officer orchestrated two coups to seize control of the government in Ghana, then led the African country for 20 years, guiding it through a period of relative stability with an idiosyncratic blend of autocratic rule and democratic reform, died Nov. 12 at a hospital in the capital city of Accra. He was 73.