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Jerry John Rawlings (J.J.)

Date of Birth: 22 June 1947
Place of Birth: Accra
Died: 12 November 2020


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Burning passions

A bizarre series of fires at government buildings has led to a whispering campaign reminiscent of the spate of brutal murders before the 2000 election campaign which Flight Lieutenant (Retired) Jerry Rawlings had claimed were organised to damage the then National Democratic Congress (NDC) government...


Opening time at Osu Castle

Unlike his predecessors muscular militarist Jerry John Rawlings or loftily aristocratic John Agyekum Kufuor Mills enjoys sparring with journalists...


A new economic team emerges

His cousin the long-term National Security Advisor Captain Kojo Tsikata was once feared as an influence on the then President Jerry John Rawlings and still plays a discreet advisory role in government...


Obama's akwaaba moment

President Mills has tried to establish a leadership style distinct from the grandiosity of Kufuor and the bellicosity of his political mentor Jerry Rawlings...


Akwaaba Obama

Bush in 2008 and William Jefferson Clinton in 1998 - have been little more than extended photo opportunities at the tail end of the governments of John Kufuor and Jerry John Rawlings...


The Mills grind slowly

Yet he faces friendly fire from members of his own party cheered on by his former mentor ex-President Jerry John Rawlings...


Lining up the Mills team

Yet despite concern about the influence of ex-President Jerry John Rawlings founder of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) the new President's appointments suggest a firm grip on the economy and the desire to manage the government's day-to-day business...


Is Rawlings the back-seat driver?

The doings and sayings of former President Jerry John Rawlings always fascinate the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) as well as journalists...


Back to the battleground

Aryitey was the Treasurer of the 31st December Women's Movement run by Nana Rawlings wife of former President Jerry John Rawlings; both Aryitey and Nana Rawlings faced charges of embezzlement under the NPP government although the case was abandoned shortly before Kufuor left office...


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