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John Kufuor

1938 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Kufuor has received more than 661,916 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia. John Kufuor is the 12,419th most popular politician (down from 10,061st in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Ghana (down from 12th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Ghanaian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Kufuor ranks 12,419 out of 19,576. Before him are Titus Flavius Sabinus, Centwine of Wessex, Albrecht Haushofer, Emil Frey, Bongsang of Goguryeo, and Phoumi Vongvichit. After him are Princess Caroline of Great Britain, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Alfred Raoul, Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, King Jing of Zhou, and Konstantinos Kollias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, John Kufuor ranks 292. Before him are Sawa, Hermann Huppen, Ants Antson, Bhalchandra Nemade, Karl Schranz, and Mirko Novosel. After him are Cayetano Ré, Alfred Raoul, Gimax, Mahmoud El-Gohary, Torgny Lindgren, and Scilla Gabel.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, John Kufuor ranks 13 out of 162. Before him are Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703), Jerry Rawlings (1947), Michael Essien (1982), John Atta Mills (1944), Peter Turkson (1948), and Peter Mensah (1959). After him are William Boyd (1952), Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Samuel Kuffour (1976), Efua Dorkenoo (1949), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), and Ama Ata Aidoo (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ghana

Among politicians born in Ghana, John Kufuor ranks 6. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah (1909), Nana Akufo-Addo (1944), Sylvanus Olympio (1902), Jerry Rawlings (1947), and John Atta Mills (1944). After him are Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), John Mahama (1958), Fred Akuffo (1937), Hilla Limann (1934), and Akwasi Afrifa (1936).

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