Nana Akufo-Addo

==Early life and education==
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was born in [[Swalaba]], a suburb of [[Accra]], [[Ghana]], on 29 March 1944, to a prominent [[Ofori-Atta|Ghanaian royal and political family]] as the son of [[Adeline Akufo-Addo|Adeline]] and [[Edward Akufo-Addo]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=25 July 2019|title=Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo|url=https://www.presidency.gov.gh/index.php/governance/the-president|website=Office of the President, Republic of Ghana}}</ref><ref name="New African">{{cite magazine |last=Duodu |first=Cameron |date=April 2014 |title=Why Akufo-Addo chose caution, not confrontation |magazine=New African}}</ref> His father Edward Akufo-Addo from [[Akropong-Akuapem]] was Ghana's third [[Chief Justice of Ghana|Chief Justice]] from 1966 to 1970, [[Chairperson|chairman]] of the 1967–68 [[Constitutional Commission]] and the non-executive president of Ghana from 1970 till 1972.<ref name="New African"/> Akufo-Addo's maternal grandfather was [[Nana Sir Ofori Atta]], King of [[Akyem Abuakwa]], who was a member of the executive council of the governor of the Gold Coast before Ghana's independence.<ref name="New African"/> He is a nephew of [[Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta]] and [[William Ofori Atta]]. His granduncle was [[J. B. Danquah]], another member of [[The Big Six (Ghana)|The Big Six]].<ref>{{cite news |date=9 December 2016 |title=Salute the New King: President-elect of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo |publisher=primenewsghana |url=http://www.primenewsghana.com/politics/salute-the-new-king-president-elect-of-ghana-nana-addo-dankwa-akufo-addo.html |url-status=live |access-date=31 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101161539/http://www.primenewsghana.com/politics/salute-the-new-king-president-elect-of-ghana-nana-addo-dankwa-akufo-addo.html |archive-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>

He started his primary education at the Government Boys School and Rowe Road School (now Kinbu), both in Accra Central.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Profile of the Candidates |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdxmAAAAcAAJ&dq=Daily+Graphic+Election+2008&pg=PA1|journal=Daily Graphic |date=6 December 2008|editor=Ransford Tetteh|publisher=Graphic Communications|issue=17983|page=14 }}</ref> He went to England and continued his education at [[Holmewood House School|Holmewood House Preparatory School]] before studying for his O-Level and A-Level examinations at [[Lancing College]], [[Sussex]], where he was nicknamed "Billy" and joined the Anglican faith.<ref name="OL Elected President of Ghana" /> He began the [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]] course at [[New College, Oxford]], in 1962, but left soon afterwards.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ata |first=Kofi |date=11 November 2012 |title=Why has Nana Akufo Addo omitted Oxford University from his Profile? |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/429126/why-has-nana-akufo-addo-omitted-oxford-university-from-his-p.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103233813/https://www.modernghana.com/news/429126/why-has-nana-akufo-addo-omitted-oxford-university-from-his-p.html |archive-date=3 November 2016 |access-date=1 November 2016 |work=Modernghana.}}</ref> He returned to Ghana in 1962 to teach at the [[Accra Academy]], before going to read economics at the [[University of Ghana]], [[Legon]], in 1964, earning a BSc (Econ) degree in 1967.<ref>{{cite web |title=Address delivered on behalf of president Nana Akufo-Addo, by Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, at the 89th Speech and Prize Giving Day of Accra Academy, on 14th March 2020 |url=https://mfa.gov.gh/index.php/address-delivered-on-behalf-of-the-president-of-the-republic-nana-addo-dankwa-akufo-addo-by-the-minister-for-foreign-affairs-and-regional-integration-hon-shirley-ayorkor-botchway-at-the-89th-spee/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119061317/https://mfa.gov.gh/index.php/address-delivered-on-behalf-of-the-president-of-the-republic-nana-addo-dankwa-akufo-addo-by-the-minister-for-foreign-affairs-and-regional-integration-hon-shirley-ayorkor-botchway-at-the-89th-spee/ |archive-date=19 November 2022 |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=mfa Government Ghana}}</ref> He subsequently joined the [[Middle Temple]] and trained as a lawyer under the apprenticeship system known as the [[Inns of Court]], where no formal law degree was required.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 October 2016 |title=Prof. Kwaku Asare writes: Nana Akufo-Addo has no law degree but... |url=http://www.manassehazure.com/2016/10/prof-kwaku-asare-writes-nana-akufo-addo-no-law-degree/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081010/http://www.manassehazure.com/2016/10/prof-kwaku-asare-writes-nana-akufo-addo-no-law-degree/ |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=31 March 2018 |website=manassehazure.}}</ref> He was called to the English Bar ([[Middle Temple]]) in July 1971. He was called to the Ghanaian bar in July 1975.<ref name="Ivor">{{cite book |last=Agyeman-Duah |first=Ivor |date=2003 |title=Between Faith and History: A Biography of J.A. Kufuor|publisher= Africa World Press |pages=81, 95 }}</ref> Akufo-Addo worked with the [[Paris]] office of the U.S. law firm [[Coudert Brothers]]. In 1979, he co-founded the law firm Akufo-Addo, Prempeh and Co.