Arnold Quainoo

Arnold Quainoo
Allegiance	Ghana
Service/branch	Ghana Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Chief of the Defence Staff ECOMOG Commander Chief of Army Staff

Lieutenant General Arnold Quainoo is a retired Ghanaian military officer and served as the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces from August 1983 to September 1989.^[1] He took over from Flight Lieutenant J. J. Rawlings and handed over to Lieutenant General Winston Mensa-Wood.^[1] He was also the first commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) which intervened in Liberia to help end the civil war.^[2] He also 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 however re-appointed as Chief of Army Staff following the coup by the Provisional National Defence Council^[3] and later as General Officer Commanding the Ghana Armed Forces.^[4]

References

1. "Past General Officers Commanding /Chiefs of the Defence Staff". www.gaf.mil.gh. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
2. Adekeye Adebajo, 'Liberia's Civil War: Nigeria, ECOMOG, and Regional Security in West Africa,' Lynne Rienner/International Peace Academy, 2002, p.78-79
3. "Past Army Commanders / Chiefs of Army Staff". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
4. "Past General Officers Commanding /Chiefs of the Defence Staff". Official websiste. Ghana Armed Forces. Retrieved 2 May 2013.