National Redemption Council
National Redemption Council (dt National Redemption Council ) was a military junta in the West African state of Ghana . The seizure of power came through a military coup against President Edward Akufo-Addo and Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia on January 13, 1972 under the direction of Ignatius Kutu Acheampong . The 1969 constitution was repealed and all political parties were banned.
National Salvation Council (NRC) from January 14, 1972
- (Colonel) Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
- (Brigadier) Napoleon YR Ashley-Lassen (Chief of Defense Staff)
- (Commodore) PF Quaye (Commander of the Naval Forces)
- (Colonel) EA Erskine (Land Forces Commander)
- (Brigadier) Charles Beausoleil (Air Force Commander)
- (Lieutenant-Colonel) Chemogo Dodzil Benni (Commissioner for Information)
- (Major) Kwame RM Baah
- (Major) AH Selormey
- (Major) KB Agbo
- (Inspector-General of Police) JH Cobbina
National Salvation Council (NRC) until October 1975
Commissioner | official title | Official |
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Chairman of the National Salvation Council and Commissioner for Defense, Finance, Information and Economic Affairs | Chairman of the National Redemption Council and Commissioner for Defense, Finance, Information and Economic Affairs | (Lieutenant-Colonel, later: Colonel) Ignatius Kutu Acheampong |
Foreign Affairs Commissioner | Commissioner for Foreign Affairs | (Major-General) Nathan Apea Aferi (1972) , (Major, later: Colonel) Kwame RM Baah (1972-1975) |
Internal Affairs Commissioner | Commissioner for Internal Affairs | (General Inspector of the Police) JH Cobbina |
Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice | Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice | Edward N. Moore |
Local Administration Commissioner | Commissioner for Local Government | (Major-General) Nathan Apea Aferi |
Agriculture Commissioner | Commissioner for Agriculture | (Major-General) Daniel Addo |
Health Commissioner | Commissioner for Health | (Colonel) JC Adjeitey |
Commissioner for Labor, Social Welfare and Cooperative | Commissioner for Labor, Social Welfare and Co-operatives | (Major) Kwame Asante |
Land Use and Mineral Resources Commissioner | Commissioner for Lands and Mineral Resources | (Major-General) DCK Amenu |
Industry Commissioner | Commissioner for Industry | (Major, later: Colonel) Kodzo B. Agbo |
Public Works and Housing Commissioner | Commissioner for Works and Housing | (Colonel) Victor Coker-Appiah |
Commissioner for Trade and Tourism | Commissioner for Trade and Tourism | (Major) J. Felli , alongside Director of Tourism: Kofi Atta Annan (1974-1976) |
Commissioner for Transport and Communications | Commissioner for Transport and Communications | (Major, later: Colonel) Anthony H. Selormey |
Commissioner for Education, Culture and Sport | Commissioner for Education, Culture and Sports | (Lieutenant-Colonel) PK Ngegbe |
after 1972 were added: | ||
Finance Commissioner | Commissioner for Finance | Amon Nikoi |
Information Commissioner | Commissioner for Information | (Colonel) CR Tachie-Menson |
Commissioner for Cocoa Affairs | Commissioner for Cocoa Affairs | (Colonel) Frank G. Bernasko |
In January 1975, Maj. General Ashley-Lassen, Inspector General Cobbina, and Edward Moore resigned. Your offices took over:
- (Colonel) Frank FG Bernasko (previously Commissioner for Cocoa Affairs)
- (Colonel) CR Tachie-Menson (previously Commissioner for Information)
- (Major-General) Nathan Apea Aferi
In addition to the National Salvation Council, there was an Advisory Economic Committee, chaired by Finance Minister Amon Nikoi .
Supreme Military Council
The National Salvation Council was subordinated to the newly formed Supreme Military Council as an executive body on October 9, 1975 as part of an administrative reform that began in 1974 .
The SMC was initially under the direction of Ignatius Kutu Acheampong .
See also
- List of presidents of Ghana
- List of Foreign Ministers of Ghana
- List of Ghanaian politicians
- List of political parties in Ghana
- List of Chief Justice's of Ghana
- Politics in Ghana
- History of Ghana
- Armed Forces of Ghana
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- Africa South of the Sahara (London), 1 (1971) 359; 3 (1973) 383; 6 (1976) 378; 7 (1977/1978) 395f .; 8 (1978/1979) 419; 9 (1979/1980) 437; 11 (1981/1982) 458f .; 13 (1983/1984) 411; 17 (1988) 512f .; 22 (1993) 402; 24 (1995) 446; 29 (2000) 534f .; 30 (2001) 563; 34 (2005) 509f .; 35 (2006) 535
- Leslie Rubin, Pauli Murray, The Constitution and Government of Ghana , London 1961
- GF Sawyerr, AP Blaustein, Ghana , in: Albert P. Blaustein , Gisbert H. Flanz (Eds.) Constitutions of the Countries of the World , New York 1973
- AKPKludze, Ghana , in: Albert P. Blaustein, Gisbert H. Flanz (eds.), Constitutions of the Countries of the World , New York, 1984
Web links
- Worldstatesmen.org
- Official government website, Minister ( Memento of May 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Ministers of Ghana in alphabetical order ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )