1966 Ghanaian coup d’état

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coup d’état military coup political event

The 1966 Ghanaian coup d’état was a military overthrow of President Kwame Nkrumah’s government that abruptly ended his socialist, pan-Africanist rule and ushered in a period of military-led governance in Ghana.

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Label	Occurrences
1966 Ghanaian coup d'état	1
1966 Ghanaian coup d’état canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coup d’état ⓘ military coup ⓘ political event ⓘ
affected	pan-African movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	1966 coup in Ghana ⓘ overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
chronology	occurred while Nkrumah was on a state visit to China and North Vietnam ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Ghana ⓘ
date	1966-02-24 ⓘ
followedBy	National Liberation Council regime ⓘ
governmentTypeOverthrown	one-party state ⓘ presidential republic ⓘ
impact	ban of Convention People’s Party ⓘ reversal of some socialist economic policies ⓘ shift towards more pro-Western alignment ⓘ suspension of 1960 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
leader	Akwasi Afrifa ⓘ Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka ⓘ surface form: Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka Joseph Arthur Ankrah ⓘ
location	Accra ⓘ
newGovernmentType	military junta ⓘ
newRulingBody	National Liberation Council ⓘ
organizer	Ghana Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Ghana Armed Forces officers Ghana Police Service ⓘ surface form: Ghana Police Service officers
overthrew	First Republic of Ghana ⓘ Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
partOf	history of Ghana ⓘ history of military coups in Africa ⓘ
politicalContext	African socialism ⓘ Cold War ⓘ Pan-Africanism ⓘ
precededBy	First Republic of Ghana ⓘ
reason	discontent within the military ⓘ economic difficulties in Ghana ⓘ opposition to Nkrumah’s one-party rule ⓘ opposition to Nkrumah’s pan-African foreign policy ⓘ opposition to Nkrumah’s socialist policies ⓘ
removedFromOffice	Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ surface form: President Kwame Nkrumah
result	end of First Republic of Ghana ⓘ establishment of National Liberation Council ⓘ overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ start of military rule in Ghana ⓘ
significance	first successful military coup in Ghana ⓘ marked beginning of era of coups in Ghanaian politics ⓘ
target	Convention People’s Party ⓘ surface form: Convention People’s Party government Government of Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ
year	1966 ⓘ

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Kwame Nkrumah → overthrownBy → 1966 Ghanaian coup d’état ⓘ

Dark Days in Ghana → mainSubject → 1966 Ghanaian coup d’état ⓘ

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