Nana addo dankwa akufo-addo biography definition

President of Ghana from to

William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (a-KUUF-oh ah-DOH; born 29 March ) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the 13th president of Ghana from to ^[2][3][4][5] He previously served as Attorney General from to and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from to under the administration of then-president John Kufuor.^[6]

Akufo-Addo first ran for president in the year and again in , 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 and John Dramani Mahama in After the general elections, he refused to concede and proceeded to court to challenge the electoral results, but the Supreme Court of Ghana affirmed Mahama's victory.^[7]

He was chosen as the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party for a third time for the general elections, and this time he defeated