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John Kufuor

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Fifth President of the Republic of Ghana and Lawyer

PoliticiansBorn 1938 · age 87
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John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor is a Ghanaian politician who served as the tenth President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009.

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John Kufuor
said · Jan 7, 2001
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Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that has settled on large sections of the population.

At his inaugural speech on 7th January, 2001

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John Kufuor
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Own words

As a leader one cardinal attribute that you should possess is vision.

"Lecture on leadership at Ashesi"

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John Kufuor
said
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Another problem afflicting higher education is the brain drain of faculty to the more advanced parts of the world.

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Awards 15

2016Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards
2011World Food Prize
2008Chatham House Prize
2008Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2008Order of the Pioneers of Liberia
2006Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
2005Silver Olympic Order
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
honorary doctorate
Order of the House of Orange
Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Order of the Star of Ghana
Order of the Volta
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

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John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor is a Ghanaian politician who served as the tenth President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009. He was the fifth Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008 and his victory over John Atta Mills at the end of Jerry Rawlings' second term marked the first transition of power in Ghana from a democratic party to another democratic party.

Category
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Type
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Born 1938 · age 87
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