Hilla Limann

Hilla Limann

Hilla Limann (born December 12, 1934 in Gwollu , † January 23, 1998 in Accra ) was President of Ghana from 1979 to 1981 .

Early years

He came from a poor family in the north of what was then the British colony of Gold Coast . His original name was Babini, but he later named himself after his uncle Heli Limann, who raised him.

Limann studied economics , political science , philosophy and history at the London School of Economics since 1957 and did his Doctor of Philosophy . In 1960 he went to the Sorbonne and received his doctorate in 1965.

In the parliamentary elections of 1954, he ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate. He later became a diplomat and was at the embassy in Lomé from 1968 to 1971 , and then from 1971 to 1975 in Geneva .

president

Although he was quite unknown, he won the presidency in July 1979 as a candidate for the People's National Party (PNP) with 62% of the vote in a runoff election against Victor Osuwu. He officially took office on September 24, 1979, replacing Jerry Rawlings. As president, he took a moderate course and was supported by the business community.

His brief tenure ended when his predecessor Rawlings on 31 December 1981 a second time coup to Ghana now to govern for the next twenty years.

Further life

Limann's grave in Gollu

Limann was released in October 1983 and continued to live in Ghana. He ran unsuccessfully in the presidential election in Ghana in 1992 against Rawlings and achieved third place with 6.7% of the vote. In 1996 he decided not to run again in favor of his party friend Dr. Edward Mahama . On January 23, 1998, he died in a hospital after a heart condition.

Limann was married and had eight children.

See also

• Limann government
• History of Ghana

Web links

Commons : Hilla Limann  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Biography ( Memento of March 8, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• Obituary on the occasion of his death (English)