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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 the second 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 the fourth 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 278,485 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Joseph Arthur Ankrah is the 13,784th most popular politician (down from 13,172nd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Ghana and the 7th most popular Ghanaian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Arthur Ankrah ranks 13,784 out of 19,576. Before him are Chuck Grassley, Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, Bernard Dowiyogo, George W. Campbell, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, and John Boehner. After him are Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, James Mancham, John II of Jerusalem, Aleksander Skrzyński, and Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Joseph Arthur Ankrah ranks 177. Before him are Kenneth Arnold, Johannes Kotkas, Gozo Shioda, Eugene Polley, Lamberto Gardelli, and John Randolph. After him are Teoctist Arăpașu, Fuad Abdurahmanov, Else Krüger, Boris Andreyev, Vic Buckingham, and Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington. Among people deceased in 1992, Joseph Arthur Ankrah ranks 172. Before him are John Ireland, Vakhtang Chabukiani, Jean Poiret, Buddy Rogers, Kathleen McKane Godfree, and Rosemary Sutcliff. After him are Iuliu Bodola, Chuck Connors, Giuseppe Olmo, David Miller, James Van Fleet, and Sidney Nolan.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Joseph Arthur Ankrah ranks 15 out of 162. Before him are Michael Essien (1982), John Atta Mills (1944), Peter Turkson (1948), Peter Mensah (1959), John Kufuor (1938), and William Boyd (1952). After him are Samuel Kuffour (1976), Efua Dorkenoo (1949), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), Sulley Muntari (1984), and John Mahama (1958).

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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 Atta Mills (1944), and John Kufuor (1938). After him are Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), John Mahama (1958), Fred Akuffo (1937), Hilla Limann (1934), Akwasi Afrifa (1936), and Edward Akufo-Addo (1906).

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