12 Facts About Joseph Nunoo-Mensah

Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah was born on 14 February 1939 and is a Ghanaian soldier and politician.

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah is a former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces.

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council government which overthrew the government of Dr Hilla Limann in 1981.

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah received his basic education at the Winneba Presbyterian Primary School and Winneba Methodist Middle School between 1945 and 1954.

Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah was appointed Chief of Defence Staff by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council government in 1979.

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah was retired in November 1979 by the People's National Party government of Dr Limann.

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah was appointed a member of the PNDC on 2 January 1982.

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah however resigned in November 1982 over differences with Rawlings.

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah was a member of the New Patriotic Party.

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah was the campaign manager for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's bid for nomination as the party's candidate for the Ghanaian presidential elections in 1998.

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah later defected from the New Patriotic Party to the National Democratic Congress, then in opposition.

Joseph Nunoo-Mensah was very instrumental in the campaign of the opposition NDC in the December 2008 elections in Ghana.