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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Former president John Agyekum Kufuor, was the first president to deliver the state of the nation address in Ghana hence sticking rigidly to the letter of the constitution, which says the president should give a State of the Nation address at the beginning and close of every parliamentary session. Since then The state of the nation has been in ...
Jerry John Rawlings: Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey: Media Executive, Politician January 2001 - 2001 John Kufuor: Kwadwo Mpiani [2] Financial consultant, Politician 2001 - January 2009 John Agyekum Kufuor: John Henry Martey Newman [3] [4] Lawyer, administrator: January 2009 - January 2013: John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama: Prosper Douglas Bani [5 ...
John Kufuor: New Patriotic Party: 8 years, 0 days 8 years, 0 days 1 Natural expiration 3: Nana Akufo-Addo: New Patriotic Party: 7 years, 354 days: 7 years, 354 days: 1: In office: 4 Ignatius Kutu Acheampong: Military: 6 years, 173 days 6 years, 173 days 1 Deposed 5 Kwame Nkrumah: Convention People's Party: 5 years, 238 days 5 years, 238 days 1 ...