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Ghana’s former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has passed away at the age of 77.
Sources close to the family confirm that she died in the early hours of Thursday, October 23, 2025, at the Ridge Hospital in Accra. Born on November 17, 1948, in Cape Coast in the Central Region, Nana Konadu leaves behind a remarkable legacy as one of Ghana’s most influential women in politics and social advocacy.
As of the time of filing this report, there has been no official statement from the Rawlings family or government representatives regarding her passing.
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The wife of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings was a pioneering advocate for women’s empowerment, a founding member of the 31st December Women’s Movement, and later the founder and leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP) after her exit from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Her contributions to Ghana’s political and social development earned her respect across the political divide.
In her final months, she maintained an active public presence. She was among the dignitaries who laid wreaths at the Forecourt of the Jubilee House in honour of eight public servants who died in a helicopter crash. She also attended the Dote Yie funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, in Kumasi, accompanied by her children Amina and Kimathi Agyeman-Rawlings, where they paid their respects to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and the Asante royal family.
Her passing comes nearly five years after the death of her husband, former President Jerry John Rawlings, who died on November 12, 2020, aged 73.
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings will be remembered as a trailblazer, a bold reformer, and a champion of women’s rights whose influence reshaped Ghana’s political history.
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