Ex- President of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, is dead.
He passed away on Thursday at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
Born on June 22, 1947, the former military leader ruled from 1981 to 2001.
Rawlings led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the elected President.
He resigned from the military in 1992 and founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
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He was the first President of the Fourth Republic and was re-elected in 1996 for another four years.
After his tenure, Rawlings endorsed his vice-president John Atta Mills as presidential candidate in 2000.
He served the African Union envoy to Somalia.
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