# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-akufo-addo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:13:45.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-akufo-addo"
name: "Edward Akufo-Addo"
slug: "edward-akufo-addo"
description: "Edward Akufo-Addo was a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the \"Big Six\" leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and one of the founding fathers of Ghana who engaged in the fight for Ghana's independence. He became the Chief Justice (1966–70), and later ceremonial President (1970–72), of the Republic of Ghana. He is the father of the former (executive) President of Ghana, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo."
tagline: "Second President of the Republic of Ghana (1906-1979)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Akufo_Addo.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1906-06-26"
deathDate: "1979-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.475492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump