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Joseph Arthur Ankrah

1915 - 1992

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Joseph Arthur Ankrah (18 August 1915 – 25 November 1992) was a Ghanaian army general who was head of state of Ghana from 1966 to 1969 as Chairman of the National Liberation Council. He was Ghana's first military head of state. Ankrah also served as Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 24 February 1966 to 5 November 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Arthur Ankrah has received more than 251,775 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Joseph Arthur Ankrah is the 13,217th most popular politician (down from 12,695th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 14th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Ghanaian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Arthur Ankrah ranks 13,217 out of 15,577. Before him are Gottlieb von Jagow, Ankhesenpepi I, Enlil-nasir I, Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Duško Marković, and Chang Taek-sang. After him are Adolfo Díaz, Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany, Domitien Ndayizeye, Karen Karapetyan, Dimitrie Ghica, and Albin Kurti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Joseph Arthur Ankrah ranks 182. Before him are Zero Mostel, Alvin M. Weinberg, Edmond Leburton, O. W. Fischer, Julio César Méndez Montenegro, and Margarita Aliger. After him are Vic Buckingham, Memphis Slim, Stu Hart, Anna Schwartz, Eugène Martin, and Elio Toaff. Among people deceased in 1992, Joseph Arthur Ankrah ranks 172. Before him are Iuliu Bodola, Jean Poiret, Sergey Obraztsov, Zellig Harris, Margarita Aliger, and Suzanne Lilar. After him are Giuseppe Olmo, Ferenc Karinthy, Mordecai Ardon, Gyula Polgár, Shirley Booth, and Joan Mitchell.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Joseph Arthur Ankrah ranks 15 out of 121. Before him are Peter Turkson (1948), Michael Essien (1982), Peter Mensah (1959), John Kufuor (1938), John Atta Mills (1944), and William Boyd (1952). After him are Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), Tony Yeboah (1966), Samuel Kuffour (1976), Asamoah Gyan (1985), John Mahama (1958), and Sulley Muntari (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, Joseph Arthur Ankrah ranks 7. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah (1909), Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Jerry Rawlings (1947), John Kufuor (1938), and John Atta Mills (1944). After him are Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), John Mahama (1958), Hilla Limann (1934), Fred Akuffo (1937), Edward Akufo-Addo (1906), and Akwasi Afrifa (1936).

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