| 词条 | Robert Kotei |
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| honorific-prefix = | name =Robert Kotei | honorific-suffix = | image = | imagesize = | smallimage = | caption = | office =Member of the Supreme Military Council | term_start =1976 | term_end =4 June 1979 | president =Fred Akuffo (Head of state) | birth_date =1935 | birth_place = | death_date =26 June 1979 | death_place = Accra, Ghana | nationality = Ghanaian | spouse = Nancy Kotei | relations = James Kotei | children = 9 | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession =Soldier | religion =Christian | signature = | website = | footnotes = |nickname = |allegiance = Ghana |branch = Ghana army |serviceyears = ? - 1979 |rank = Major General |unit = |commands = Chief of Defence Staff Chief of Army Staff |battles = |awards = |military_blank1 = |military_data1 = |military_blank2 = |military_data2 = |military_blank3 = |military_data3 = |military_blank4 = |military_data4 = |military_blank5 = |military_data5 = }} Major General Robert Ebenezer Abossey Kotei (1935 – 26 June 1979) was a soldier, politician and track and field athlete. He was once the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces and also a member of the Supreme Military Council which ruled Ghana between 1975 and 1979. He was executed in 1979, following a military coup. He also held the Ghanaian high jump record for many years. SportsRobert Kotei competed for Ghana at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Cardiff, Wales. He was the only Ghanaian to win a medal at the games.[1][2] He won the bronze medal in the high jump event with a jump of {{convert|6|ft|7|in|m}}[3] He won the Men's AAA Championships in 1960.[4] He subsequently set the Ghana High Jump record in London on 16 July 1960. This record stood for 36 years until 1996.[5] He also competed in the men's high jump at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[6] He also became a member of the Ghana Olympic and Commonwealth Games Committee in 1973.[7] CareerMilitaryRobert Kotei (then a Colonel), was the Commander of the First Infantry Brigade of the Ghana army in the early 1970s. He was instrumental in foiling a coup plot to unseat the then ruling National Redemption Council (NRC) government in 1973.[8] He became the Ghana army commander in April 1976. Two years later, he was appointed the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces. He retired from the army in 1979. PoliticsKotei was appointed commissioner (minister) for Information by the NRC military government led by General Acheampong. He also worked as the commissioner for Housing.[9] He became a member of the Supreme Military Council (SMC) government formed on 9 October 1975. This replaced the NRC. His appointment was because he was the incumbent army commander. He became Chief of Defense Staff in 1978, following the palace coup that replaced General Acheampong with Lt. General Fred Akuffo. ExecutionOn 4 June 1979, the SMC was overthrown by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) led by Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings. Following the bloody coup, Kotei surrendered himself to the authorities at the Achimota Police Station in response to requests that previous political office holders report. Some soldiers apparently "later went to the Police Station and brutalised him when they got to know he was there". His assets were also confiscated to the state.[9] After an investigation that was apparently incomplete[10] and a trial held in camera, Kotei was sentenced to death. It is alleged however that Kotei and his colleagues were probably never tried.[11] On 26 June 1979, Kotei and five other senior army officers, including two former heads of state, Lt. Gen. Fred Akuffo and Lt. Gen. Akwasi Afrifa, were executed by firing squad.[12] Along with the other officers, he was unceremoniously buried at the Nsawam Prisons Cemetery in Adoagyiri, near Nsawam in the Eastern Region.[13] He left behind nine children, including a two-year-old.[9] ReburialAll eight senior military officers executed in June 1979 were exhumed and their bodies released to their respective families for reburial in 2001.[14] On 27 December 2001, two of the eight, Major General Kotei and Air-Vice Marshal Boakye were buried with full military honours at the Osu Military Cemetery in Accra.[15] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.jumpscoach.com.au/Commonwealth%20Games.pdf |title=Commonwealth Games - High, Long and Triple Jump Results |accessdate=2007-06-07 |page=14|work=High, Long and Triple Jump results from all Commonwealth Games from 1930 to 2002 |publisher=Jumps Coach }} {{s-start}}{{s-ach|rec}}{{s-bef|before=?}}{{s-ttl|title=High jump – Ghana |years=1960 – 1996}}{{s-aft|after=Awuku Boateng}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Lieutenant General Fred Akuffo}}{{s-ttl|title=Chief of Army Staff |years=1976 – 1978}}{{s-aft|after=Major General Odartey-Wellington}}{{s-bef|before=Lieutenant General Fred Akuffo}}{{s-ttl|title=Chief of Defence Staff |years=1978}}{{s-aft|after=Lt. General Joshua Hamidu}}{{s-off}}{{s-bef|before=?}}{{s-ttl|title=Commissioner for Information |years=? – 1978}}{{s-aft|after=Colonel Parker H.S. Yarney}}{{s-bef|before=?}}{{s-ttl|title=Commissioner for Housing |years=? – ?}}{{s-aft|after=?}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kotei, Robert Ebenezer Abossey}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cg.htm |title=Commonwealth Games Medallists - Athletics (Men) |accessdate=2007-06-06 |work=Historical British athletics statistics site |publisher=Athletics Weekly}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.commonwealthgames.com/ |title=Commonwealth Games |accessdate=2007-06-07 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723215731/http://www.commonwealthgames.com/ |archivedate=2008-07-23 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (Men) |accessdate=2007-06-07 |publisher=Athletics Weekly}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/athletics/m_best.php |title=Men (All-time lists) |accessdate=2007-06-06 |publisher=Ghana Home Page}} 6. ^{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/robert-kotei-1.html |title=Robert Kotei Olympic Results |accessdate=28 December 2017}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1973/ore68/ore68p.pdf |title=Around the National Olympic Committees |accessdate=2007-06-06 |page= 297 |year=1973 |publisher=Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ghanaianobserver.com/comments/newsarticle.asp?id=1052 |title=The Great Juju Plot |accessdate=2007-06-07 |date=April 25, 2007 |work=Comments and Analysis - (DRUM: June 1974) |publisher=The Ghanaian Observer Online |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070529065709/http://www.ghanaianobserver.com/comments/newsarticle.asp?id=1052 |archivedate = 2007-05-29}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/economy/artikel.php?ID=56771 |title=General Kotei's sister testifies before NRC |accessdate=2007-06-07 |work=General News of Tuesday, 27 April 2004 |publisher=Ghana Home Page}} 10. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.net/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=35230&comment=704040 |title=Rawlings To Defend Executions At NRC |accessdate=2007-06-07 |work=General News of Friday, 11 April 2003 |publisher=Ghana Home Page |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031106070048/http://ghanaweb.net/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=35230 |archivedate=6 November 2003 |df= }} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ghana.gov.gh/NRC/Vol.%202%20%20Part%201%20Chpt%204%20Social%20Context.pdf |title=The Social Context |accessdate=2007-06-07 |date=October 2004 |page=91 |work=National Reconciliation Commission Report Volume 2 Part 1 Chapter 4 |publisher=Ghana government |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061208141414/http://www.ghana.gov.gh/NRC/Vol.%202%20%20Part%201%20Chpt%204%20Social%20Context.pdf |archivedate = 2006-12-08}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ghana.gov.gh/NRC/VOL%202%20Part%201%20CHAPTER%206%20Review%20of%20Petitions.pdf |title=Review of Petitions |accessdate=2007-06-06 |date=October 2004 |pages=176–180 |work=National Reconciliation Commission Report Volume 2 Part 1 Chapter 6 |publisher=Ghana government |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016013142/http://www.ghana.gov.gh/NRC/VOL%202%20Part%201%20CHAPTER%206%20Review%20of%20Petitions.pdf |archivedate=October 16, 2006 }} 13. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.net/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=35230&comment=704040 |title=Rawlings To Defend Executions At NRC |accessdate=2007-06-07 |publisher=Ghana Home Page |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927070657/http://www.ghanaweb.net/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=35230&comment=704040 |archivedate=2007-09-27 |df= }} 14. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=20547 |title=Ghana reburies past in quest for reconciliation |accessdate=2007-06-07 |work=General News of Friday, 28 December 2001 |publisher=Ghana Home Page}} 15. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=20551 |title=Two Ex- military generals re-buried at Osu cemetery |accessdate=2007-06-06 |work=General News of Friday, 28 December 2001 |publisher=Ghana Home Page}} 18 : 1935 births|1979 deaths|Ghanaian male high jumpers|Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Ghana|Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics|Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|Information ministers of Ghana|Government ministers of Ghana|Ghanaian soldiers|Executed military personnel|Leaders ousted by a coup|Ghanaian sportsperson-politicians|Executed Ghanaian people|People executed by Ghana by firing squad|Ga-Adangbe people|Ghana Chief of Army Staff|Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Olympic athletes of Ghana |
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