1938 - Today
John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He became the Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008 and his victory over John Evans Atta Mills at the end of Jerry Rawlings' second term marked the first transition of power in Ghana from a democratic government to another democratic government.Kufuor's career has been spent on the liberal-democratic side of Ghanaian politics, in the parties descended from the United Gold Coast Convention and the United Party.As a lawyer and businessman, he was a minister in Kofi Abrefa Busia's Progress Party government during Ghana's Second Republic, and a Popular Front Party opposition frontbencher during the Third Republic. In the Fourth Republic Kufuor stood as the New Patriotic Party's candidate at the 1996 election, and then led it to victory in 2000 and 2004. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Kufuor has received more than 639,512 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). John Kufuor is the 10,089th most popular politician (down from 9,713th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 8th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ghanaian Politician.
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Among politicians, John Kufuor ranks 10,089 out of 15,577. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, Theodora Angelina, Michael of Trebizond, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Alexander I Aldea, and Sin Sukju. After him are Prince Hisaaki, Abdyl Frashëri, Giovanni I Participazio, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Abdelmalek Sellal, and Afonso Pena.
1825 - 1846
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 10,083
1190 - 1246
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 10,084
1285 - 1355
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 10,085
1950 - 1994
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 10,086
1397 - 1436
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 10,087
1417 - 1475
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 10,088
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 10,089
1276 - 1328
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 10,090
1839 - 1892
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 10,091
750 - 836
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 10,092
1511 - 1550
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 10,093
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 10,094
1847 - 1909
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 10,095
Among people born in 1938, John Kufuor ranks 222. Before him are Chuan Leekpai, Madge Sinclair, Andrei Amalrik, Grethe Ingmann, Shi Pei Pu, and Chas Chandler. After him are Tommy Chong, Paddy Moloney, Diane Baker, Artavazd Peleshyan, Bhalchandra Nemade, and Margarita Salas.
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 216
1938 - 1995
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 217
1938 - 1980
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 218
1938 - 1990
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 219
1938 - 2009
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 220
1938 - 1996
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 221
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 222
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 223
1938 - 2021
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 224
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 225
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 226
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 227
1938 - 2019
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 228
Among people born in Ghana, John Kufuor ranks 12 out of 121. Before him are Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703), Jerry Rawlings (1947), Peter Turkson (1948), Michael Essien (1982), and Peter Mensah (1959). After him are John Atta Mills (1944), William Boyd (1952), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), Tony Yeboah (1966), and Samuel Kuffour (1976).
1902 - 1963
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 6
1703 - 1759
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 7
1947 - 2020
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 9
1982 - Present
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 10
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 11
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 12
1944 - 2012
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 13
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 14
1915 - 1992
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 15
1931 - 1979
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 16
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 17
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 18
Among politicians born in Ghana, John Kufuor ranks 5. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah (1909), Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), and Jerry Rawlings (1947). After him are John Atta Mills (1944), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), John Mahama (1958), Hilla Limann (1934), Fred Akuffo (1937), and Edward Akufo-Addo (1906).
1909 - 1972
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 1
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 2
1902 - 1963
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 3
1947 - 2020
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 4
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 5
1944 - 2012
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 6
1915 - 1992
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 7
1931 - 1979
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 8
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 9
1934 - 1998
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 10
1937 - 1979
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 11
1906 - 1979
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 12