Provisional National Defence Council

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The Provisional National Defence Council was a military-led government that ruled Ghana from 1981 to 1993 under Jerry John Rawlings, overseeing the country’s transition back to constitutional democracy.

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Provisional National Defence Council canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf junta ⓘ
military government ⓘ
cameToPowerBy military coup d’état ⓘ
capitalAdministeredFrom Accra ⓘ
chairman Jerry John Rawlings ⓘ
collaboratedWith International Monetary Fund ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
constitutionalInstrument PNDC Law 42 ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
countryGoverned Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Ghana
dissolvedFollowing 1992 Ghanaian constitutional referendum ⓘ
1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election ⓘ
1992 Ghanaian presidential election ⓘ
endTime 1993 ⓘ
fullName Provisional National Defence Council ⓘ
governanceStyle authoritarian ⓘ
governingBodyOf Ghana ⓘ
headOfGovernment Jerry John Rawlings ⓘ
headOfState Jerry John Rawlings ⓘ
introduced economic structural adjustment policies ⓘ
local revolutionary committees ⓘ
languageOfGovernment English ⓘ
leader Jerry John Rawlings ⓘ
legalForm provisional government ⓘ
mottoOrSlogan probity and accountability ⓘ
natureOfRegime one‑party dominant military regime ⓘ
notableMember Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu ⓘ
Captain Kojo Tsikata ⓘ
linked to: Kojo Tsikata

Kojo Tsikata ⓘ
Kwamena Ahwoi ⓘ
P. V. Obeng ⓘ
oversaw drafting of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
oversawTransitionTo Fourth Republic of Ghana ⓘ
politicalIdeology military rule ⓘ
revolutionary populism ⓘ
primaryObjective stabilization of Ghana’s economy ⓘ
transition to constitutional democracy ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
replaced Third Republic of Ghana ⓘ
replacedGovernmentLedBy Hilla Limann ⓘ
restored constitutional rule in Ghana ⓘ
shortName PNDC ⓘ
startTime 1981 ⓘ
succeededBy Fourth Republic of Ghana ⓘ
constitutional civilian government ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
usedSecurityOrgans Committees for the Defence of the Revolution ⓘ
People’s and Workers’ Defence Committees ⓘ

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Constitution of Ghana → promulgatedBy → Provisional National Defence Council ⓘ
Fourth Republic of Ghana → precededBy → Provisional National Defence Council ⓘ
Provisional National Defence Council → fullName → Provisional National Defence Council ⓘ