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POLITICIAN

Ignatius Kutu Acheampong

1931 - 1979

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Ignatius Kutu Acheampong ( ə-CHAM-PONG; 23 September 1931 – 16 June 1979) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who was the military head of state of Ghana from 13 January 1972 to 5 July 1978, when he was deposed in a palace coup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignatius Kutu Acheampong has received more than 349,324 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ignatius Kutu Acheampong is the 13,715th most popular politician (down from 13,349th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Ghana (up from 21st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Ghanaian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong ranks 13,715 out of 15,577Before him are William McMahon, Jens Hundseid, Benerib, Tiberius Claudius Balbilus, Dmitry Kozak, and Kadashman-Harbe II. After him are Heinz-Christian Strache, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Francisco Javier Echeverría, Paul Eyschen, and Pomponius Secundus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong ranks 357Before him are José Vicente, Yasushi Akashi, Regis Philbin, Konrad Stäheli, Shuhrat Abbosov, and George Jones. After him are Osvaldo Héctor Cruz, Arturo Pomar, Jorge Edwards, Gavin MacLeod, André Noyelle, and Nat Adderley. Among people deceased in 1979, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong ranks 182Before him are Antonio María Barbieri, Maurizio Arena, István Bibó, Jack Haley, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, and Dany Dauberson. After him are Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, John Norton, Gustav Winckler, Barnes Wallis, Corinne Griffith, and Vasco Bergamaschi.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong ranks 16 out of 121Before him are Michael Essien (1982), Peter Mensah (1959), John Kufuor (1938), John Atta Mills (1944), William Boyd (1952), and Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915). After him are Tony Yeboah (1966), Samuel Kuffour (1976), Asamoah Gyan (1985), John Mahama (1958), Sulley Muntari (1984), and Stephen Appiah (1980).

Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong ranks 8Before him are Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Jerry Rawlings (1947), John Kufuor (1938), John Atta Mills (1944), and Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915). After him are John Mahama (1958), Hilla Limann (1934), Fred Akuffo (1937), Edward Akufo-Addo (1906), Akwasi Afrifa (1936), and Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913).