Nana Akufo-Addo

Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Leader of the New Patriotic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 1992
Personal details
Born	April 15, 1944 (1944-04-15) (age 67) Ghana
Political party	New Patriotic Party
Residence	Nima,Accra,Ghana
Alma mater	University of Ghana
Occupation	Lawyer
Religion	Christian
Website	http://www.akufoaddo2012.com

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (born March 29, 1944) is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He was one of the founding members of the centrist New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 1992, and was also the founder and first chairperson of the Ghana Committee on Human and People's Rights.^{[citation needed]}.

He was educated at Lancing College, Sussex, England, and the University of Ghana, Legon, graduating in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Economics degree.

Nana Akufo Addo trained as a lawyer in England and was called to the English Bar (Middle Temple) in July 1971 as well as the Ghanaian Bar in July 1975.

He had a stint with Coudert Frères, a major US law firm, as an associate counsel, at its Paris office in France between 1971 and 1975.

The Foreign Minister also worked as a junior partner at the chambers of U.V. Campbell, and in 1979 co-founded, with Dr Edmund Prempeh, the law firm, Akufo-Addo, Prempeh and Company in Accra.

Nana Akufo-Addo has served on the boards and committees of a number of political, legal and social organizations in the country. He is also the Chairperson of DHL, Ghana Limited; Chairperson, Kinesec Communications Company Limited, publishers of the Statesman.

Under President John Kufuor, Akufo-Addo was the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice from 2001 to 2003; he was then Minister for Foreign Affairs from April 2003 to July 2007, when, in accordance with his political party's rules, he resigned, along with seven others, to seek the presidential nomination of his party.

On December 23, 2007, Akufo-Addo was elected as the NPP's 2008 presidential candidate at a party congress, receiving 47.96% of valid votes (1,096 votes). Although he fell short of the required 50%, the second-place candidate, John Alan Kyeremanten, conceded defeat and backed Akufo-Addo.^[1] In the 2008 presidential election, Akufo-Addo received the highest number of votes in the first round of voting, but since he failed to obtain a majority, the election went into a second round runoff between him and National Democratic Congress candidate John Atta Mills. In the runoff, he lost the election to Atta-Mills by a 50.23%–49.77% vote.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Akufo-Addo Is The Man Of The Moment - President", Modernghana.com, December 24, 2007.
2. ^ Kokutse, Francis (2009-01-03). "Opposition leader wins presidency in Ghana". Associated Press. 

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Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by Owuraku Amofa	Member of Parliament for Abuakwa 1997-2005	Succeeded by Constituency divided into Akim Abuakwa North and South
Preceded by New constituency	Member of Parliament for Akim Abuakwa South 2005–2009	Succeeded by Samuel Atta Akyea
Political offices
Preceded by Obed Asamoah	Attorney General and Minister for Justice 2001–2003	Succeeded by Paapa Owusu Ankomah
Preceded by Hackman Owusu-Agyeman	Minister for Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD 2003 – 2007	Succeeded by Akwasi Osei-Adjei
Party political offices
Preceded by John Kufuor	New Patriotic Party presidential candidate 2008	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Akufo-Addo, Nana Addo Dankwa
Alternative names
Short description	Politician and lawyer, Foreign Minister of Ghana
Date of birth	March 29, 1944
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Date of death	Living
Place of death