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Nana Akufo-Addo

1944 - Today

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William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( a-KUUF-oh ah-DOH; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the 13th president of Ghana from January 2017 to January 2025. He previously served as Attorney General from 2001 to 2003 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007 under the administration of then-president John Kufuor. Akufo-Addo first ran for president in the year 2008 and again in 2012, both times as the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He lost on both occasions to National Democratic Congress' candidates: John Evans Atta Mills in 2008 and John Dramani Mahama in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nana Akufo-Addo is the 4,755th most popular politician (down from 4,122nd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 4th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ghanaian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nana Akufo-Addo ranks 4,755 out of 19,576. Before him are Lajos Batthyány, Ivan Serov, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, Ntfombi of Eswatini, and Moussa Traoré. After him are John Forsyth, Katsura Tarō, Al-Mustansir, Gesalec, Emperor Toba, and Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Nana Akufo-Addo ranks 114. Before him are Kim Yong-il, John Atta Mills, Roger Scruton, Masanobu Izumi, Karl Jenkins, and Gianni Morandi. After him are Tahar Ben Jelloun, Coluche, Keith Emerson, Max Romeo, Peter Tosh, and Patrick Depailler.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo ranks 6 out of 162. Before him are Kofi Annan (1938), Kwame Nkrumah (1909), Peter Turkson (1948), John Mahama (1958), and John Atta Mills (1944). After him are Marcel Desailly (1968), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Abedi Pele (1964), John Kufuor (1938), Jerry Rawlings (1947), and Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo ranks 4. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah (1909), John Mahama (1958), and John Atta Mills (1944). After him are Sylvanus Olympio (1902), John Kufuor (1938), Jerry Rawlings (1947), Clement Quartey (1938), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Hilla Limann (1934), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), and Fred Akuffo (1937).

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