Nana Akuffo-Addo
| Nana Akufo-Addo | |
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| President of Ghana | |
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Assumed office January 7, 2017 |
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| Vice President | Mahamudu Bawumia |
| Preceded by | John Mahama |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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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 ædˈoʊ/ 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).
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was born in Accra, Ghana, to a prominent Ghanaian royal and political family as the son of Edward and Adeline Akuffo-Addo. His father Edward Akufo-Addo from Akropong-Akuapem was Ghana's third Chief Justice from 1966 to 1970, Chairman of the 1967–68 Constitutional Commission and the non-executive President of Ghana from 1970 till 1972. Akufo-Addo's maternal grandfather was Nana Sir Ofori Atta, King of Akyem Abuakwa who was a member of the Executive Council of the Governor of the Gold Coast before Ghana's independence. He is a nephew of Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta and William Ofori Atta. His great-uncle was J. B. Danquah, another member of The Big Six.
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