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Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
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Ignatius Kutu Acheampong

chief of state, Ghana
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Born:
Sept. 23, 1931, Kumasi, Gold Coast
Died:
June 16, 1979, Accra, Ghana (aged 47)

Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (born Sept. 23, 1931, Kumasi, Gold Coast—died June 16, 1979, Accra, Ghana) was a Ghanaian army officer, who, after leading a military revolt that overthrew the government of Kofi Busia, became Ghana’s chief of state in 1972. In July 1978 he was forced to resign, and the following June he and his successor, Lieut. Gen. F.W.K. Akuffo, were executed after a coup led by young officers, whose Armed Forces Revolutionary Council returned Ghana to civilian rule in September 1979.

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