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Apr 24, 1936 Mampong, Ashanti Region, Ghana Died on 26 Jun 1979 (aged 43)
Soldier, politician and former Head of state of Ghana
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About Akwasi Afrifa
- Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa (24 April 1936 – 26 June 1979) was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, a traditional ruler (king) and politician. He was the head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969 and then Chairman of the Presidential Commission between 1969 and 1970.
- He continued as a farmer and political activist.
- He was elected Member of Parliament in 1979 but was executed before he could take his seat.
- He was executed together with two other former heads of state, General Kutu Acheampong and General Fred Akuffo, and five other Generals (Utuka, Felli, Boakye, Robert Kotei and Amedume), in June 1979.
- He was also popularly referred to by his title Okatakyie Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa and was in addition the Abakomahene of Krobo in the Asante-Mampong Traditional Area of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
