Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (born March 29, 1944) is a Ghanaian politician and diplomat. He is the presidential candidate of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2008 election.

Akufo-Addo was one of the founding members of the NPP in 1992, and was also the founder and first chairperson of the Ghana Committee on Human and People's Rights.

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.

A recent newspaper article described him as a potential future President of Ghana. A recent opinion poll conducted by Research International put him well ahead of all the 17 people aspiring to be nominated as the presidential candidate of the governing NPP in Ghana. Nana Akufo-Addo was preferred by 40% of his party members and 38% of the general electorate out of the field of 17 candidates. The closest to his popularity was the country's vice president, Aliu Mahama, with a distant 18%.Fact|date=December 2007

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. [ [http://www.modernghana.com/GhanaHome/NewsArchive/news_details.asp?menu_id=1&id=VFZSVmVFMTZUVE09 "Akufo-Addo Is The Man Of The Moment - President"] , Modernghana.com, December 24, 2007.]

References

* http://www.ibelieveinghana.com
* http://www.fonaa.org
* http://www.fonaaatlanta.org
* http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/editorial_detail.php?newsid=127&section=0
* [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/republic/akufo-addo.php GhanaWeb: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo]
* [http://www.einnews.com/ghana/newsfeed-nana-addo-dankwa-akufo-addo EIN News: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo]
* [http://usembassy.state.gov/accra/wwwhatny.html US Diplomatic Mission to Ghana: List of attorneys in Ghana]
* [http://www3.qeh.ox.ac.uk/teaching/orenga.html Press release: Ghanaian foreign minister lectures Oxford students]
* [http://www.peacefmonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4465&Itemid=31 Akufo Addo Is Fit To Be President – Chronicle]

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NAME=Akufo-Addo, Nana Addo Dankwa
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Politician and lawyer, Foreign Minister of Ghana
DATE OF BIRTH=March 29, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH=Accra, Ghana
DATE OF DEATH=Living
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