Ghana’s Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has reportedly passed away.
She is said to have died on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at the Rudge Hospital in Accra.
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings was the wife of the later former President Jerry John Rawlings while he served as President of Ghana.
Details surrounding her death are yet to be disclosed as the family is yet to issue an official statement. She served as Ghana’s First Lady from 1981 to 2001.
She founded the National Democratic Party (NDP) after she left the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and became the first Ghanaian lady to run for Presidency.
She also established the 31st December Women’s Movement in 1982, empowering Ghanaian women through entrepreneurship, education and political participation.
She was part of the dignitaries who laid wreaths at the Forecourt of the Jubilee House to honour the eight public servants who recently lost their lives in a helicopter accident in August 2025.
She was recently present at the Dote Yie funeral rites for the late Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III.
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings was accompanied by two of her adult children, Amina Agyeman-Rawlings and Kimathi Agyeman-Rawlings. The three took turns to console Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on the loss of the Asantehemaa.
