serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards birth_date rank image article_title name
1947 - 1967 member of nlc minister for defence minister for health ghana army chief of defence staff 17 april 1967 accra , ghana alakple , gold coast ghana ghana service order for exceptional bravery 26 october 1926 lieutenant general kotoka.jpg emmanuel kwasi kotoka
 emmanuel kwasi kotoka
emmanuel kwasi kotoka

lieutenant general emmanuel kwasi kotoka -lrb- 26 october 1926 -- 17 april 1967 -rrb- was a member of the ruling national liberation council which came to power in ghana in a military coup d'état on 24 february 1966 .
this overthrew the government of dr. kwame nkrumah , the first president of the republic .
