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John Kufuor
President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009
For his son, the Ghanaian businessman, see John Addo Kufuor.
John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politiciana who served as the tenth president of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. He was the fifth chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008 and his victory over John Atta Mills at the end of Jerry Rawlings' second term marked the first transition of power in Ghana from a democratic party to another democratic party.
Kufuor's career has been spent on the liberal-democratic side of Ghanaian politics, in the parties descended from the United Gold Coast Convention and the United Party. As a lawyer and businessman, he was a minister in Kofi Abrefa Busia's Progress Party government during Ghana's Second Republic, and a Popular Front Party opposition frontbencher during the Third Republic. In the Fourth Republic, Kufuor stood as the New Patriotic Party's candidate at the 1996 election, and then led it to victory in 2000 and 2004. Having served two terms in power, he retired from politics in 2008. He is popularly known as the Gentle Giant.
Early life and schooling
The scion of a royal maternal lineage, John Kufuor was born in Daaban, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He started his primary and elementary school at the Kumasi Government School located in Asem built by Sir Gordon Guggisberg. Kufuor was the 7th of 10 children of Nana Kwadwo Agyekum, an Asante and Nana Ama Dapaah, a Queen Mother. In 1951, he continued his primary (then called 'standard' three) education at Osei Tutu Boarding School (Osei Tutu Senior High School) from 1951 to 1953. At Prempeh College from 1954 to 1958, he schooled from Form 1 to Form 5. Arriving in London on 30 April 1959, he was by June accepted into Lincoln's Inn, London (1959–61) t John Kufuor John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (dem born am 8 December 1938) be Ghanaian politician wey serve as Presido of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. Na he san be Chairperson of African Union from 2007 to 2008. Kufuor's spend most of ein career for liberal-democratic side of Ghanaian politics, for de parties descended from de United Gold Coast Convention den United Party. Aside say he be lawyer den businessman, na he be minister for Kofi Abrefa Busia Progress Party government for Ghana ein Second Republic, den Popular Front Party opposition frontbencher for Ghan John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor was the second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana (2001–2009) and Chairperson of the African Union (2007–2008). Born in Kumasi, Ghana, he earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Oxford University in the United Kingdom before starting his career as a private law practitioner in Kumasi. As of 1967, Mr Kufuor started his Public Service career as a Chief Legal Officer and City Manager of Kumasi, the second city of Ghana. The following year he was elected member of the Constituent Assembly to write the constitution of the second Republic of Ghana and in 1969 he was elected Member of Parliament and appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, by the then Prime Minister, Professor Kofi Abrefa Busia. In this position, he led Ghana’s delegation to UN General Assembly, the Organisation of African Unity’s meetings in Addis Ababa and the Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement in Lusaka in 1970. In 1979, he was returned to Parliament and appointed the Spokesman on Foreign Affairs and Deputy Opposition Leader of the Popular Front Party (PFP) Parliamentary Group during the Third Republic. In January 1982, he accepted an invitation from the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) to serve in what was purported to be a National Government. He was appointed the Secretary for Local Government in this new government. Seven months later, however, he resigned from his position and came back to private business for a few years. Mr Kufuor returned to the forefront of Ghana politics in the 1990s. He won the presidential election of December 2000 and was swornin as president on the 7th January 2001. His victory over John Atta- Mills after the end of Jerry Rawlings’ second term marked the first peaceful democratic transition of power in Ghana since the country’s independence in 1957. He spent his first year in office concentrating his efforts on the national economy. Though unemploymen .John Kufuor
Ein sex anaa gender male Country wey e be citizen Ghana Name in native language John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor Name wey dem give am John Family name Kuffour Ein date of birth 8 December 1938 Place dem born am Kumasi Sibling Kwame Addo-Kufuor Spouse Theresa Kufuor Kiddie John Addo Kufuor Relative Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Joseph Henry Mensah Native language Twi Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign English, Asante Ein occupation politician, lawyer, businessperson Position ehold Chairperson of the African Union, President of Ghana, Member of the 1st Parliament of the 2nd Republic of Ghana, Member of the 1st Parliament of the 3rd Republic of Ghana Educate for Exeter College, Prempeh College, Osei Tutu Senior High School, Lincoln's Inn, University of Oxford Work location Accra Political party ein member New Patriotic Party Candidacy in election 2000 Ghanaian general election, 2004 Ghanaian general election Religion anaa worldview Catholicism Significant event Panama Papers Ghana Place Names URL https://sites.google.com/site/ghanaplacenames/places-in-perspective/birthplaces#h.c6964lwpzksj John Kufuor
Former President of Ghana