# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akwasi-afrifa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:17:08.300Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akwasi-afrifa"
name: "Akwasi Afrifa"
slug: "akwasi-afrifa"
description: "Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, traditional ruler and politician. He was the head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969 and then chairman of the Presidential Commission between 1969 and 1970. He continued as a farmer and political activist. He was elected a member of Parliament in 1979, but he was executed before he could take his seat. He was executed together with two other former heads of state, General Kutu Acheampong and General Fred Akuffo, and five other generals, in June 1979. He was also popularly referred to by his title Okatakyie Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa and was in addition the abakomahene of Krobo in the Asante-Mampong Traditional Area of the Ashanti Region of Ghana."
tagline: "Soldier, politician, and former head of state of Ghana (1936-1979)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/AkwasiAfrifa.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-04-24"
deathDate: "1979-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.60562133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump