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Hilla Limann ( December 12 , 1934 – January 23 , 1998 ) was the President of Ghana from September 24 , 1979 to December 31 , 1981 . Limann, whose original last name was Babini, was born in northern Ghanaian town of Gwollu to a poor family. He managed to gain an excellent education, and took up an academic career. Eventually he became a diplomat, and served in Switzerland . Following the bloody 1979 coup led by Jerry Rawlings , Limann, though almost unknown even in Ghana, was elected President on the People's National Party ticket. He was an economic moderate, and supported democratic values and Pan-Africanism . He was deposed in a coup by Rawlings in 1981. Limann received 6.7% of the vote as the candidate of the People's National Convention in the 1992 presidential elections. |
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