{"id":"akwasi-afrifa","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/akwasi-afrifa","language":"en","name":"Akwasi Afrifa","name_en":"Akwasi Afrifa","name_ne":null,"description":"Soldier, politician, and former head of state of Ghana (1936-1979)","headline":"Soldier, politician, and former head of state of Ghana (1936-1979)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, traditional ruler 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 a member of Parliament in 1979, but he 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, 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.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"24 April 1936","date":"1936-04-24"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424377#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Mampong","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q992747"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424377#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"26 June 1979","date":"1979-06-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424377#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Accra","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3761"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424377#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Ghana","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424377#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"},{"text":"minister","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83307"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424377#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"United National Convention","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1578600"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424377#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Royal Military Academy Sandhurst","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q575618"},{"text":"Adisadel College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4683004"},{"text":"Mons Officer Cadet School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6902481"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424377#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of Ghana (2 April 1969 – 7 August 1970)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2672728","start":"1969-04-02","end":"1970-08-07"},{"text":"Minister for Defence (1968–1969)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6865779","start":"1968","end":"1969"},{"text":"Minister for Finance and Economic Planning","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6865831"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424377#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akwasi_Afrifa","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424377"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Akwasi Afrifa born?","a":"Akwasi Afrifa was born on 24 April 1936 in Mampong."},{"q":"What positions has Akwasi Afrifa held?","a":"Positions held by Akwasi Afrifa include: President of Ghana (1969–1970); Minister for Defence (1968–1969); Minister for Finance and Economic Planning."},{"q":"Where did Akwasi Afrifa study?","a":"Akwasi Afrifa was educated at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Adisadel College, Mons Officer Cadet School."}],"related":[{"name":"Kwame Nkrumah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kwame-nkrumah"},{"name":"John Mahama","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-mahama"},{"name":"Hilla Limann","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hilla-limann"},{"name":"Edward Akufo-Addo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/edward-akufo-addo"},{"name":"Jerry Rawlings","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jerry-rawlings"},{"name":"John Atta Mills","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-atta-mills"},{"name":"Charles Arden-Clarke","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/charles-arden-clarke"},{"name":"Joseph Arthur Ankrah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joseph-arthur-ankrah"},{"name":"Ignatius Kutu Acheampong","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ignatius-kutu-acheampong"},{"name":"Fred Akuffo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fred-akuffo"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Akwasi Afrifa","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akwasi_Afrifa","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q424377","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424377","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Akwasi Afrifa, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Akwasi Afrifa\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/akwasi-afrifa. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:59:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/akwasi-afrifa","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/akwasi-afrifa","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/akwasi-afrifa?lang=ne"}}