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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.
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]
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 ...
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 ...
The New Patriotic Party's president, John Agyekum Kufuor was once again re-elected in the Ghana general election, 2004, presidential and parliamentary elections held on 7 December 2004, earning 52.45% of the popular vote in the first round and thus avoiding a run-off, while at the same time, the New Patriotic Party, was able to secure more ...
Kwame Addo-Kufuor (born 14 July 1940) is a Ghanaian politician and physician. He is the chancellor of Kumasi Technical University. [1] Addo-Kufuor was a member of parliament for Manhyia and from 2001 to 2007, he was the minister for defence under President John Kufuor, his brother. Between June 2008 and 2009, he was the Minister for Interior.
The singer, who died at age 56 in July 2023, is survived by three children. At the time of her death, O’Connor’s estate was worth £1.7 million but reduced to £ 1.4 million ($ 1.75 million ...
He retired in 2001 and was succeeded by John Kufuor, [39] his main rival and opponent in 1996. It was the first time in Ghanaian history that a sitting government peacefully transferred power to an elected member of the opposition. Kufuor won the presidency after defeating Rawlings' vice-president John Atta Mills in a runoff in 2000. In 2004 ...