Kwame Addo-Kufuor
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| Hon. Kwame Addo-Kufuor | |
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Member of Parliament
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| Assumed office January 1997 |
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| President | John Kufuor |
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| Assumed office January 2001 |
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| Born | July 14, 1940 Kumasi, Ghana |
| Nationality |  Ghanaian |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Relations | John Kufuor - brother |
| Profession | Medical doctor |
| Religion | Christian |
Doctor Kwame Addo-Kufuor (born 14 July 1940 in Kumasi, Ashanti Region) is a Ghanaian politician and physician. Addo-Kufuor is a member of parliament from Manhyia, and from 2001 to 2007 he was the Defence Minister under President John Kufuor, his brother.
[edit] Education
Addo-Kufuor attended the Achimota School for secondary education, where he graduated from. After graduation, he attended University College Hospital Medical School in London, graduating with a degree in medicine from the University of Cambridge in 1970. Addo-Kufuor attended at Middlesex Medical School Hospital, where he finished his post-graduate degree from in 1975.
[edit] Political career
Addo-Kufuor has held many positions both in and outside of the government, including as a part time lecturer at the University of Ghana Medical School, Member of National Council of the New Patriotic Party as well as serving on numerous committees within parliament concerning health. When his brother John Kufuor became President in January 2001, Addo-Kufuor was appointed Minister of Defense.
Addo-Kufuor resigned as Defense Minister in July 2007 so that he could seek the presidential nomination of the New Patriotic Party for the 2008 election.[1] At the party congress in December 2007, in which the NPP chose its candidate, he received only 0.96% of delegates's votes (22 votes); Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was elected as the party's candidate.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Fred Tettey Alarti-Amoako and Sabina Sekyere, "Colourful Send off for Addo-Kufuor", The Statesman (Ghana), August 17, 2007.
- ^ "Nana Addo Is NPP’s Man", Modernghana.com, December 24, 2007.
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Member of Parliament for Manhyia 1997 – present |
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| Preceded by Colonel Enoch K.T. Donkoh |
Minister for Defence 2001 – present |
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