Arnold Quainoo
Arnold Quainoo | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Buffalo Soldier |
| Born | 5 July 1939 |
| Died | 2 December 2024 (aged 85) |
| Allegiance | Ghana |
Branch | Army |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | Chief of the Defence Staff ECOMOG Commander Chief of Army Staff |
Lieutenant General Arnold Quainoo (5 July 1939 - 2 December 2024)[1] was a Ghanaian former military officer and served as the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces from August 1983 to September 1989.[2] He took over from Flight Lieutenant J. J. Rawlings and handed over to Lieutenant General Winston Mensa-Wood.[2]
Career
He was the first commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) which intervened in Liberia to help end the civil war.[3]
He served twice as Army Commander, first in 1979 following the coup-d'état by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council which overthrew the Supreme Military Council. He was replaced when the Limann government was elected. He was re-appointed as Chief of Army Staff following the coup by the Provisional National Defence Council[4] and later as General Officer Commanding the Ghana Armed Forces.[5]
In 2014, Quainoo denied any responsibility for the death of Liberian President Samuel Doe.[6]
Quainoo died at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra on Monday, December 2, 2024, at the age of 85.[7]
References
- ↑ Lieutenant-General Arnold Quainoo (rtd): The redoubtable soldier who came, saw and conquered
- 1 2 "Past General Officers Commanding /Chiefs of the Defence Staff". www.gaf.mil.gh. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ↑ Adekeye Adebajo, 'Liberia's Civil War: Nigeria, ECOMOG, and Regional Security in West Africa,' Lynne Rienner/International Peace Academy, 2002, p.78-79
- ↑ "Past Army Commanders / Chiefs of Army Staff". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ "Past General Officers Commanding /Chiefs of the Defence Staff". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ↑ "West African state plotted Doe's death – General Quainoo". Ghana Business News. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ↑ Lt Gen Arnold Quainoo (rtd) is dead