Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
| Nana Akufo-Addo | |
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| President of Ghana | |
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Assumed office 7 January 2017 |
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| Vice President | Mahamudu Bawumia |
| Preceded by | John Mahama |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 1 April 2003 – 1 July 2007 |
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| President | John Kufuor |
| Preceded by | Hackman Owusu-Agyeman |
| Succeeded by | Akwasi Osei-Adjei |
| Attorney General of Ghana | |
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In office 7 January 2001 – 1 April 2003 |
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| President | John Kufuor |
| Preceded by | Obed Asamoah |
| Succeeded by | Papa Owusu-Ankomah |
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Member of Parliament for Akim Abuakwa South |
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In office 2005–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Atta Akyea |
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Member of Parliament for Abuakwa |
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In office 1997–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
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William Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo 29 March 1944 Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana) |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca Griffiths-Randolph |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence | Flagstaff House |
| Education |
New College, Oxford University of Ghana Inns of Court School of Law |
| Website | Campaign website |
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (/æˈkʊfoʊ ɑːdˈoʊ/ (
listen) a-KUU-foh ad-OH; born William Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo; 29 March 1944) is the President of Ghana, in office since January 2017. He previously served as Attorney General from 2001 to 2003 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007.
Akufo-Addo first ran for President in 2008 and again in 2012, both times as the candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), but was defeated on both occasions by NDC candidates: John Atta Mills in 2008 and John Dramani Mahama in 2012. He was chosen as the NPP's candidate for a third time in the 2016 elections and defeated Mahama in the first round (winning 53.85% of the votes) which was an unprecedented defeat and the first time in the history of Ghana.
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