Nana Akufo-Addo

==Personal life==
[[File:First Lady Melania Trump's Visit to Africa (43267916670) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rebecca Akufo-Addo]], the [[First Lady of Ghana]]]]
Akufo-Addo is from [[Akropong-Akuapem]] and [[Kyebi]] in the [[Eastern Region (Ghana)|Eastern Region]] and both sides of his family are [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Akufo-Addo visits ancestral home in Akropong-Akuapem |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/akufo-addo-visits-ancestral-home-in-akropong-akuapem/ |access-date=10 December 2020 |publisher=myjoyonline |date=6 January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=President of Ghana, Ghana Embassy Israel|url=https://www.ghanaembassyisrael.org/office-of-the-president|website=gh-embassy|language=en|access-date=25 May 2020|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129115148/https://www.ghanaembassyisrael.org/office-of-the-president|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is married to [[Rebecca Akufo-Addo]] (née Griffiths-Randolph), the daughter of judge [[Jacob Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph]], the Speaker of the [[Parliament of Ghana]] during the Third Republic.<ref name="About the NPP: Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo">{{Cite news|author=Kumasi |title=About the NPP: Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo |date=7 October 2012 |url=http://www.newpatrioticparty.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=160:nana-addo-danquah-akuffo-addo&catid=58:past-flag-bearers&Itemid=120 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928042301/http://www.newpatrioticparty.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=160%3Anana-addo-danquah-akuffo-addo&catid=58%3Apast-flag-bearers&Itemid=120 |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=7 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oldRGSQSR9YC&q=Ebenezer+Presbyterian+Church,+Osu&pg=PA232|title=The Anglican Story in Ghana: From Mission Beginnings to Province of Ghana|last=Pobee|first=John S.|author-link=John S. Pobee|date=2009|publisher=African Books Collective|isbn=9789988037802|language=en|access-date=9 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209231302/https://books.google.com/books?id=oldRGSQSR9YC&pg=PA232&lpg=PA232&dq=Ebenezer+Presbyterian+Church,+Osu&source=bl&ots=KDQFouukbk&sig=9ORSu6Ue-Q_4T5P1OYXmufgF3Bo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpgf2jhv7XAhVEct8KHb_2BfEQ6AEIWDAJ#v=onepage&q=Ebenezer%20Presbyterian%20Church,%20Osu&f=false|archive-date=9 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Akufo-Addo had two previous marriages before marrying Rebecca. Akufo-Addo's first marriage to Remi Fani-Kayode, a Nigerian and daughter of Chief [[Remi Fani-Kayode| Remilekun Fani-Kayode]], ended with a divorce.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fani-Kayode hails appointment of ex-wife by Ghanaian president-elect |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/219693-fani-kayode-hails-appointment-ex-wife-ghanaian-president-elect.html|website=premiumtimesng.com |date=5 January 2017}}</ref> His next marriage to Eleanor Nkansah-Gyamenah, a Ghanaian, ended on her death in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|title= Akufo-Addo commissions Eleanor Akufo-Addo Memorial Social Centre at Mampong|url= https://citinewsroom.com/2023/07/akufo-addo-commissions-eleanor-akufo-addo-memorial-social-centre-at-mampong/|publisher= citineswroom.com|accessdate= 19 March 2024|date=18 July 2023}}</ref>
 
Akufo-Addo has four biological daughters and one stepdaughter: Gyankroma, Edwina, Adriana, Yeboakua and Valerie.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akufo-Addo, the family man|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-the-family-man-492031|access-date=31 December 2016|publisher=Ghanaweb|date=3 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101161259/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-the-family-man-492031|archive-date=1 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=30 December 2016 |title=Meet the incoming first family |publisher=kessbenfm. |url=http://kessbenfm.com/meet-incoming-first-family/ |url-status=dead |access-date=31 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101161256/http://kessbenfm.com/meet-incoming-first-family/ |archive-date=1 January 2017}}</ref> [[Virginia Hesse]] is the mother of one his daughters.<ref>{{cite web|title= ‘Baby Mamas’ Have Received Fair Share From Akufo-Addo’s Nepotistic Govt – Sammy Gyamfi |url= https://www.theghanareport.com/baby-mamas-have-received-fair-share-from-akufo-addos-nepotistic-govt-sammy-gyamfi/ | publisher= the Ghana report.com|accessdate= 13 March 2024 |date=6 November 2019}}</ref> She was appointed by Akufo-Addo as Ghana’s  Ambassador to Czech Republic in his first-term of government.<ref>{{cite web| title= Ambassador Virginia Hesse’s presence at national awards explained|url= https://theheraldghana.com/21536-2/|accessdate= 13 March 2024 |publisher=The Herald|date= 17 March 2023}}</ref> His first marriage to Remi bore him two of his daughters and his second marriage to Eleanor bore him a daughter.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 June 2020 |title=List of women Nana Akufo-Addo have married |url=https://ghanapoliticsonline.com/list-of-women-nana-akufo-addo-have-married/ |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=GhanaPoliticsOnline.}}</ref> His marriage to Rebecca provided him a step-daughter had by Rebecca in a previous relationship.<ref>{{cite web|title= Akufo-Addo’s Hollywood Wife |url=https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/Akufo-Addo-s-Hollywood-Wife-148036|publisher=ghanaweb.com|date= 9 August 2008}}</ref> 

Akufo-Addo has a sister called Madam Marigold with the title, Abrewatia Nana Abena Oye.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-27 |title=Watch Nana Konadu show off dancing skills at coronation of Akufo-Addo's sister |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/Watch-Nana-Konadu-show-off-dancing-skills-at-coronation-of-Akufo-Addo-s-sister-1832546 |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}</ref>