Joseph Nunoo-Mensah

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Joseph Nunoo-Mensah
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Allegiance Flag of GhanaGhana
Service/branch Ghana army
Years of service  ? – 1979
Rank Brigadier
Commands held Chief of Defence Staff
Other work Member ofProvisional National Defence Council government

Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah is a former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces. He was also a member of the Provisional National Defence Council government which overthrew the government of Dr. Hilla Limann in 1981.

[edit] Career

Brigadier Nunoo-Mensah was appointed Chief of Defence Staff by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council government in 1979. Nunoo-Mensah was retired in November 1979 by the People's National Party government of Dr. Limann.[1]

[edit] Politics

Nunoo-Mensah was appointed a member of the PNDC on 2 January 1982.[1] He however resigned in November 1982 over differences with Rawlings.[2] He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He was the campaign manager for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's bid for nomination as the party's candidate for the Ghanaian presidential elections in 1998.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The Security Services (pdf). National Reconciliation Commission report page 52. Ghana government (October 2004). Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
  2. ^ "Chapter 2— Ghana in Economic Crisis" in The Politics of Reform in Ghana, 1982–1991 pp32. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
  3. ^ "Don't base choice of running mates on ethnicity", General News of Wednesday, July 19, 2000, MODERN GHANA. Retrieved on 2007-04-29. 
Military offices
Preceded by
Richard Kotei
Chief of Defence Staff, Ghana Armed Forces
1979
Succeeded by
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NAME Nunoo-Mensah, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Former Chief of Defence Staff of Ghana and former member of Provisional National Defence Council government
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