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Theresa married John Kufuor when he was at age 23 after they met at a Republic Day Anniversary Dance in London in 1961. They got married in 1962. [6] She had five children with John Kufuor, former president of Ghana; [7] J. Addo Kufuor, Nana Ama Gyamfi, Saah Kufuor, Agyekum Kufuor and Owusu Afriyie Kufuor. [8]
John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) [1] is a Ghanaian politiciana who served as the tenth president of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. [2] He was the fifth chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008 [3] 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.
She is a lawyer and was from January 2005 to January 2009 Minister for the affairs of women and children in Ghana under President John Kufuor. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She was also the Ghanaian Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, appointed to the office by President Nana Akuffo-Addo on 10 January 2017 to 7 January 2021. [ 5 ]
The presidency of John Kufuor began on 7 January 2001 and ended on 7 January 2009 after he was inaugurated as the 2nd President of the Fourth Republic. Kufuor was a New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate. He won the 2000 Ghanaian general election after defeating National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate John Atta Mills by earning 56.9% of the ...
4th Vice-President of Ghana (3rd Vice-President of the 4th Republic) In office 7 January 2001 – 7 January 2009: President: John Agyekum Kufuor: Preceded by: John Atta Mills: Succeeded by: John Dramani Mahama: Personal details; Born 3 March 1946 Yendi, Gold Coast (then a colony of the United Kingdom) Died: 16 November 2012 (aged 66) Accra, Ghana
Under the Constitution of 1960, the first constitution of the Republic of Ghana, the president replaced the monarch as executive head of state. [9] The president was elected by Parliament for a 5-year term. In the event of a vacancy three members of the Cabinet served jointly as acting president.
Ghana's presidential transitions have existed in one form or another since 2000 when the outgoing president Jerry John Rawlings passed the presidency to John Agyekum Kufuor, winner of the 2000 Ghanaian general election. [6]
This is a list of the ministers who have served in John Kufuor's New Patriotic Party government during the Fourth Republic of Ghana. This government started on January 7, 2001, the first changeover between civilian governments in Ghana through the ballot box. Kufuor also won the 2004 elections and served his second term of office ending January ...