# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-arthur-ankrah
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:13:26.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-arthur-ankrah"
name: "Joseph Arthur Ankrah"
slug: "joseph-arthur-ankrah"
description: "Joseph Arthur Ankrah was a Ghanaian army general who was the second head of state of Ghana from 1966 to 1969 as chairman of the National Liberation Council. He was Ghana's first military head of state. Ankrah also served as the fourth chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 24 February 1966 to 5 November 1966. Previously, Ankrah was appointed the first commander of the Ghana Army in 1961."
tagline: "Ghanaian politician (1915-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Arthur_Ankrah_in_America_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1915-08-18"
deathDate: "1992-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.64
  momentum:             1.63256037915248
  historical:           20.44536533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump