Hilla Limann
| Dr Hilla Limann | |
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President of Ghana (Only President of Ghana's Third Republic) |
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In office 24 September 1979 – 31 December 1981 |
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| Vice President | J.W.S. de-Graft Johnson |
| Preceded by |
Kwame Nkrumah (President, deposed in 1966) Jerry Rawlings (Head of state) |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Rawlings (Head of state, President since 1993) |
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| Born |
12 December 1934 Gwollu, Gold Coast |
| Died | 23 January 1998 (aged 63) Accra, Ghana |
| Political party | People's National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Mrs. Fulera Limann |
Hilla Limann (12 December 1934 – 23 January 1998) was the President of Ghana from 24 September 1979 to 31 December 1981. Eventually he became a diplomat, and served in Switzerland. Limann, whose original last name was Babini, was born in the northern Ghanaian town of Gwolu in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region to a poor family. He managed to gain an excellent education, and took up an academic career.
Hilla completed his basic school education at the Government Middle School, Tamale, in 1949. Between 1957 and 1960, he studied Political Science at the London School of Economics. He subsequently completed a Diploma in French at the Sorbonne University, France. He also obtained a BA (Hons) degree in History at the University of London and a Ph.D in Political Science and Constitutional Law at the University of Paris.
Dr. Limann worked as the Head, Europe Desk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ghana between 1965 and 1968. During 1967, he was a member of the Constitution Commission which drafted the 1969 Constitution of Ghana. In 1968, he became the Head of Chancery/Official Secretary at the Ghana embassy in Lomé, Togo. He was appointed Counsellor at Ghana's Permanent Mission in Geneva, Switzerland in 1971. He assumed the position of Head, Europe, the Americans Southeast Asia Desk back in Ghana at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in June 1975.
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