President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana

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Kufuor was deeply imbued in the Danquah-Busia tradition, having been exposed to its principles and leading actors from a young age.
Ghana they would greet him as president of the country.
Kufuor is married to Theresa Kufuor (née Mensah), with whom he has had five children.
PresidencyOn April 20, 1996, Kufuor was nominated by 1034 out of 2000 delegatesof the New Patriotic PartyNew Patriotic Party SummaryThe New Patriotic Party is the ruling liberal party in Ghana and one of two dominant parties in Ghanaian politics.
html", "(*)")On January 29 2007, Kufuor was elected as the Chairperson of the African Unionfor the 2007-2008 AU session.
The Development of a Political MindKufuor was deeply imbued in the Danquah-Busia tradition, having been exposed to its principles and leading actors from a young age.
Kufuor was brought up by his mother and she, like many Asante, was horrified by Nkrumahs vision of a unified Ghana and so promoted the idea of a federal Ghana.
For three years, from 1967 to 1969, Kufuor was also chief legal officer and city manager of Kumasi, a position that, according to his biographer Ivor Agyeman-Duah, exposed him to the practical realities and power politics of public policy.
Yet Kufuor was imbued with self-confidence and in 1998, when President Bill Clinton visited Ghana, Kufuor told the visiting delegates that the next time they came to Ghana they would greet him as president of the country.
The controversy surrounding this important policy turn did not dissipate and the area in which Kufuor lived as president came to be known as the "HIPC Junction.
Kufuor was the New Patriotic party's presidential candidate in 1996, but lost to President Jerry Rawlings.
As president Kufuor has focussed on economic reforms designed to promote growth and reduce inflation.
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.
in the first round, held on December 7, Kufuor came in first place with 48.
Kufuor was re-elected in presidential and parliamentary elections held on December 7, 2004, earning 52.
On January 29, 2007, Kufuor was elected as the Chairperson of the African Union for the 2007-2008 AU session.
Kufuor was involved in a car crash on November 14, 2007, in which another car collided with his and caused it to roll over several times.
Kufuor was reported to be uninjured.
5 pages As Ghana's fourth President, John Agyekum Kufuor took the oath of office at a colourful ceremony in Accra early last month, there was an inescapable sense of irony that it has taken Africa's first independent state 44 years to vote out one government.
some very serious circles of the party, John Agyekum Kufuor has been accused of doing Nana.
his party's urban/bourgeois image.
campaigns, and Mr Kufuor is unconvincing as a public speaker.
want a clean break from the Rawlings era.
College where he passed at the top of his class.
Kufuor is happily married to a princess like and angelic lady called Theresa.
the Second and Third Republics respectively.
of military coups that overthrew the Second and Third Republics.
Born in 1938, Kufuor is a devout Roman Catholic.
Since his nomination as the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) candidate two years ago, Mr Kufuor has beaten paths into the remote countryside, pressing the flesh of folks and drinking from their water-pots in an effort to break the NDC's rural stranglehold and reverse his party's urban/bourgeois image.
However, the NPP lacked logistics and money to pay for media advertising campaigns, and Mr Kufuor is unconvincing as a public speaker.
Nevertheless, Mr Kufuor has the goodwill and support of throngs of loyal party supporters, as well as many Ghanaians who simply want a clean break from the Rawlings era.
President Kufuor was met on arrival by Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, Ministers of State, Lieutenant-General J.
Corruption: Do you know that US president Bush is poorer today than he was 8 years ago? Kufuor is the complete opposite.
Infidelity: What happened between Lady Gizella and Kufuor is still a mystery.
Question: Kufuor threat to sue NDC for telling the nation about the shady dealings Kufuor had with a Kuwaiti oil firm has expired.
Rawlings: If Kufuor had spent half of the time he wasted on trying to nail Mr.
Kufuor has made roughly 200 trips, which add up to about 60 million.
Xenophobia: Kufuor is most defiantly not anti-foreigner.
GHANA'S outgoing president, John Kufuor has passed on the baton to his elected successor, John Atta Mills, in a seamless and peaceful transfer of power that should serve as an example to the rest of Africa.
Kufuor was born in 1938 in Kumasi, Ghanas second-largest city.
Kufuor was such a star pupil at a school in Kumasi that he was admitted to study law at the prestigious Exeter College at Oxford University in England in 1961, and was admitted to the bar as a lawyer in England and Ghana in 1962.
After the second coup, Kufuor was one of the members of the opposition invited to take part in the government.
In early 2003, Kufuor was elected chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a group that not only promotes economic cooperation in West Africa, but has also worked as a peace-maker, mediating military disputes and sometimes deploying peacekeeping troops.
Critics said Kufuor was trying too hard to please Western nations, but his stance on Zimbabwe, at least, was consistent with his opposition to undemocratic governments.
Kufuor has proven to be a good diplomat, and the West African nation has seen a period of peace since his election.
John Agyekum Kufuor was born on December 8, 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana, the countrys second largest city and the Asante capital.
At school Kufuor was good at both academics and sports.
While he was studying at Oxford, Kufuor met and fell in love with a woman named Theresa Mensah, who was also from Ghana and had gone to England to study nursing.
Kufuor was indeed elected president in 2000, defeating longtime president Jerry Rawlings.
Kufuor was nicknamed the gentle giant because he was tallat six feet, three inchesand quiet, and yet he seemed to instill confidence in those he was to lead.
By August of 2005 Kufuor had visited over 63 countries as president of Ghana, and Kufuor had great support from the international community.
John Addo Kufour, the Eldest Son of President John Agyekum Kufuor Is in the News for the Wrong Reason.
As the nation prepares for the run-off presidential election slated for December 28, President John Agyekum Kufuor has cautioned the electorate not to make any political decision that would leave them in a state of regret afterwards.
The event was attended by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Addo Kufuor, Minister for Interior, Akwasi Osei Adjei, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sampson Kwaku Boafo, Minister for Culture and Chieftaincy, and other party stalwarts, including Yaw Amankwah, Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman, and Alan Kyerematen.
On the run-off presidential election, President Kufuor was optimistic that Nana Akufo-Addo would get the mandate of the people to enable him build on the legacy he is leaving behind.
Kufuor comes into this arena with credentials and experiences unmatched in Ghana's history.
Kufuor was appointed the Secretary for Local Government in this new Government.
Kufuor was nominated by 1034 out of 2000 delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) drawn from all the 200 Constituencies of the Country to run for the President of Ghana on December 10, 1996.
Kufuor comes into the arena for President with relevant and unmatched credentials.
Tony Aidoo, NDC Just one day after handing over the reigns of government, former President Kufuor has come under stern criticism from some members of the ruling.
John Agyekum Kufuor was born on December 8, 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana.
Kufuor is happily married to Theresa (Nee Mensah.
Government in this new Government.