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| Affiliation | New Patriotic |
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| Name | John Agyekum Kufuor |
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Kumasi, , Ghana |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 08, 1938
(86 years)
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| Contributor | MadViking |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Dec 08, 2023 02:13am |
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| Info | John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor was the President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. He ran for election in 2000 and won, succeeding Jerry Rawlings, who defeated him when he previously ran for President in the election in 1996; Kufuor's victory marked the first peaceful democratic transition of power in Ghana since the country's independence was declared. Kufuor was also the Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008.
A member of the Ashanti people, Kufuor is married to Theresa Kufuor (née Mensah), with whom he has had five children. Kufuor and his family belong to the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Kumasi and educated at Osei Tutu Boarding School (1951-53), Prempeh College (1954-58), Lincoln's Inn, London (1959-1961) and Exeter College, University of Oxford (1961-1964). In the Second Republic's Parliamentary Register Kufuor lists as his hobbies and interests table tennis, reading, football, and film shows.
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