Background
J.J. Rawlings was born in Accra, Gold Coast, on 22 June 1947, to Victoria Agbotui, a Togolese woman whom was born in Keta, and James Ramsey John, a Scottish chemist working in the Gold Coast. He married Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings in 1977 and together they have four children, Ezenator, Yaa Asantewaa, Amina and Kimathi Rawlings, his only son.
He enlisted as a Flight Cadet in the Ghana Air Force in August 1967, and was subsequently selected for officer cadet training at the Ghana Military Academy and Training School, Teshie, in Accra.
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