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Joseph Arthur Ankrah was born on 18 August, 1915 in Accra, Gold Coast, is a Ghanaian politician. Discover Joseph Arthur Ankrah's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 18 August 1915
Birthday 18 August
Birthplace Accra, Gold Coast
Date of death 25 November, 1992
Died Place Accra, Ghana
Nationality Ghana

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1915

Joseph Arthur Ankrah (18 August 1915 – 25 November 1992) was a Ghanaian army general who was 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.

Joseph Arthur Ankrah was born on 18 August 1915 in Accra to the Ga family of Samuel Paul Cofie Ankrah, an overseer for the Christian Missionary Society and Beatrice Abashie Quaynor, a trader.

1921

Ankrah began his schooling in 1921 at the Wesleyan Methodist School in Accra, where he was nicknamed 'Ankrah Patapaa' for his "forcefulness in arguments and always playing leadership role among his mates".

1932

In 1932, he entered Accra Academy, where he established himself as a good football player.

1937

He obtained the Senior Cambridge School Certificate in 1937.

He then joined the Ghana Civil Service.

1938

In 1965 he married his third wife, Mildred Christina Akosiwor Fugar (12 June 1938 – 9 June 2005), in Accra.

His son also went to Accra Academy.

He had a daughter called Jackie Ankrah who is a broadcaster, songwriter and musician.

He had several wives and 18 children.

1939

Ankrah joined the Gold Coast Regiment in 1939.

On the outbreak of World War II, Ankrah was mobilized into the Royal West African Frontier Force.

1940

While his Brigade was in East Africa in 1940, he was transferred to the Record Office in Accra with the rank of Warrant Officer Class II and made second-in-command.

1946

In October 1946, he went to the Marshfield Officer Cadets Training Unit in the United Kingdom and graduated in February 1947 as the first African officer in the Gold Coast Army.

1947

He was commissioned a lieutenant in 1947 and became the first African camp commandant at the Army Headquarters.

He was later made the first Ghanaian Chief Instructor of the Education Unit.

1956

He was promoted Major in 1956 and became the first African to command an all-African company, the Charlie Company of the First Battalion at Tamale, Ghana.

He later became Lieutenant Colonel and took over the whole battalion.

1960

He rose to the rank of colonel by 1960, at a time when there were few Ghanaian officers at that level.

During the United Nations Operation in the Congo, he was the Brigade Commander of the force-based at Luluabourg, Kasai in the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo.

1961

Previously, Ankrah was appointed the first commander of the Ghana Army in 1961.

He was the only Ghanaian awarded the Military Cross in Leopoldville for acts of unsurpassed gallantry in Congo in 1961.

The citation read:

"With great common sense, maturity and tact, this officer handled a delicate situation which otherwise would have created grave consequences in Leopoldville and many parts of the Congo. Colonel Ankrah, with complete disregard for his own life, disarmed an Armée Nationale Congolaise (ANC) soldier who, with a loaded sten machine carbine, attempted to shoot Mr. Lumumba. He carried the Prime Minister to safety in a vehicle which was fired on by ANC ambushers. Had it not been for the quick and bold action of Colonel Ankrah at the risk of his life, Mr. Lumumba's life would have been taken with untold consequences at that time."

After his experience in the Congo, he was promoted Brigadier then Major General becoming the first Ghanaian commander of the Ghana army in 1961 and then Deputy Chief of Defence Staff.

1965

He was dismissed from the Ghana army in July 1965 on suspicion of involvement in a coup plot.

Ankrah became the head of the National Investment Bank after leaving the army.

1966

Ankrah also served as Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 24 February 1966 to 5 November 1966.

However, he became the Head of state and Chairman of the National Liberation Council after the 24 February 1966 coup.

1967

In January 1967, he mediated between the warring factions of the Nigerian Civil War in Biafra.

He was forced to resign as Chairman of the NLC and Head of State over a bribery scandal involving a Nigerian businessman.

Ankrah served as the first ever President of the Council of Patrons of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. and steered the football club for a long period.