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Lieutenant General Frederick William Kwasi Akuffo (
March 21 1937 –
June 26 1979) was a soldier and politician. He is a former
Chief of Defence Staff of the
Ghana Armed Forces and the
Head of state and chairman of the ruling
Supreme Military Council (SMC) in
Ghana from 1978 to 1979. He came to power in a military coup, was overthrown in another military coup and executed three weeks later.
Early life and education
Fred Akuffo was born at
Akropong in the
Eastern Region of Ghana. He completed his secondary education at the
Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School in
1955 at Odumase krobo, Ghana. He then enlisted in the Ghana Army and trained at the
Royal Military Academy,
Sandhurst,
UK among others. He was married to Mrs. Emily Akuffo. He has also attended the
National Defence College
in
India in 1973.
Career
While in the army, he served as Commanding Officer of the Airborne Training School at
Tamale and later the 6th
Battalion of
Infantry of the
Ghana army between 1969 and 1970. He rose to become the 2nd
Brigade Commander. He supervised the change over of traffic flow in
Ghana from driving on the left to driving on the right as part of 'Operation Keep Right' which was effected on
4 August,
1974. This change over was successful and largely accident free. He rose to become the Army Commander in April 1974 and the Chief of Defence Staff in April 1976.
Politics
On
October 9,
1975, Fred Akuffo was appointed a member of the ruling
Supreme Military Council government due to his position as the Ghana army commander. On
July 5,
1978, he led a palace coup to overthrow the then Head of state, General
Acheampong. He continued with the ongoing preparations to return Ghana to constitutional rule but his government was also cut short on
June 4 1979 by a military uprising by the junior ranks of the Ghana military led by
Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings and the
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council.
Execution
He was executed along with other senior military officers on
June 26 1979 at the
Teshie Military Range,
Ghana.
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