Question

Who among the following had got himself elected for life as the President of his country?
A) Pinochet
B) Nkrumah
C) Musharraf
D) Saddam Hussain

Answer 1

Hint: Ghana became a one-party state in 1964, with a president who serves for the rest of his life as both the nation's and the party's president. Ghana is a country in West Africa, formally known as the Republic of Ghana.

Complete answer:
Ghanaian politician, political thinker, and revolutionary Kwame Nkrumah PC. He was Ghana's first Prime Minister and President, having guided the country to independence from the United Kingdom in 1957.

Now let us look at the given options:
A) Pinochet: This option is incorrect because Pinochet was not made a president for life. Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte) was a Chilean Army General, politician, and military dictator who controlled Chile from 1973 to 1990.

B) Nkrumah: Kwame Nkrumah, the son of a goldsmith and himself a teacher, was a key figure in Ghana's war for independence. Nkrumah became Ghana's first prime minister and subsequently president after the country's independence. He was re-elected as president for life. He was deposed by the military soon after, in 1966.

C) Musharraf: Pervez Musharraf is a Pakistani politician and retired four-star general who was elected as the country's tenth president in 1999 following a successful military takeover of the federal government. He served as president from 2001 to 2008, when he resigned in order to escape impeachment. This option is incorrect because he was not made the president for life.

D) Saddam Hussain: This option is incorrect because Pinochet was not made a president for life. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was an Iraqi politician who was the country's fifth president from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003.

Thus, the correct answer is Option B) Nkrumah.

Note: In 1966, Nkrumah was overthrown by the National Liberation Council, which privatised many of the country's public companies under the supervision of international financial institutions. The rest of Nkrumah's life was spent in Guinea, where he was elected honorary co-president.