Nana Akufo-Addo

{{Short description|President of Ghana since 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Ghanaian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[His Excellency]]
| image               = Nana Akufo Addo, Jan. 2020.jpg
| caption             = Akufo-Addo in 2020
| office              = 5th [[President of Ghana]]
| vicepresident       = [[Mahamudu Bawumia]]
| term_start          = 7 January 2017
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[John Evans Atta Mills ]]
| successor           = 
| office1             = 35th Chair of the [[ECOWAS|Economic Community of West African States]]
| term_start1         = 2 June 2020
| term_end1           = 3 July 2022
| predecessor1        = [[Mahamadou Issoufou]]
| successor1          = [[Umaro Sissoco Embaló]]
| office2             = [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| president2          = [[John Kufuor]]
| term_start2         = 1 April 2003
| term_end2           = 1 July 2007
| predecessor2        = [[Hackman Owusu-Agyeman]]
| successor2          = [[Akwasi Osei-Adjei]]
| office3             = [[Attorney General of Ghana]]
| president3          = John Kufuor
| term_start3         = 7 January 2001
| term_end3           = 1 April 2003
| predecessor3        = [[Obed Asamoah]]
| successor3          = [[Papa Owusu-Ankomah]]
| office4             = [[Parliament of Ghana#Members of parliament|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[Akim Abuakwa South (Ghana parliament constituency)|Akim Abuakwa South]]
| term_start4         = 7 January 2005
| term_end4           = 6 January 2009
| predecessor4        = ''Constituency established''
| successor4          = [[Samuel Atta Akyea]]
| office5             = [[Parliament of Ghana#Members of parliament|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[Akyem Abuakwa|Abuakwa]]
| term_start5         = 7 January 1997
| term_end5           = 6 January 2005
| predecessor5        = ''Constituency established''
| successor5          = ''Constituency abolished''
| birth_name          = William Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1944|3|29}}
| birth_place         = [[Accra]], [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] {{small|(now [[Ghana]])}}
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[New Patriotic Party]]
| spouse              = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Remi Fani-Kayode|end=divorce}}
* {{marriage|Eleanor Nkansah-Gyamenah|end=died}}
* {{marriage|[[Rebecca Akufo-Addo|Rebecca Griffiths-Randolph]]|1997}}
}}
| children            = 5
| parents             = {{plainlist|
* [[Edward Akufo-Addo]]
* [[Adeline Akufo-Addo]]
}}
| education           = {{plainlist|
* [[New College, Oxford]]
* [[University of Ghana]] ([[BSc]])
}}
| residence           = [[Jubilee House]]
| website             = {{URL|nanaakufoaddo.org|Campaign website}}
}}
'''Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|'|k|ʊ|f|oʊ|_|ɑː|'|d|oʊ|audio=AkufoAddo.ogg}} {{respell|a|KUUF|oh|_|ah|DOH}};<ref name="OL Elected President of Ghana">{{Cite web |date=22 December 2016 |title=OL Elected President of Ghana |url=http://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/media/news/article/4865/OL-Elected-President-of-Ghana |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211082302/http://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/media/news/article/4865/OL-Elected-President-of-Ghana |archive-date=11 February 2017 |access-date=9 February 2017 |website=lancingcollege united kingdom}}</ref> born 29 March 1944) is a [[Ghana]]ian politician who has served as the [[president of Ghana]] since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Biography |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/person/Nana-Addo-Dankwa-Akufo-Addo-253 |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=ghanaweb.}}</ref><ref name="citinewsroom.com">{{Cite web|title=COVID-19: Nana Addo joins world leaders in signing People's Vaccine|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2020/05/covid-19-nana-addo-joins-world-leaders-in-signing-peoples-vaccine/|date=16 May 2020|website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines, Ghana Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Articles, Opinions, Viral Content|language=en-US|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-16|title=Akufo-Addo to address Ghanaians on COVID-19 fight tonight|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2021/05/akufo-addo-to-address-ghanaians-on-covid-19-fight-tonight-6/|first=Ernest|last= Arhinful|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanastar.com/news/nana-akufo-addo-is-the-new-president-for-ghana-heres-his-inauguration-speech/|author=Osei Boakye, Evans|title=Nana Akufo Addo Is the New President for Ghana – Here's His Inauguration Speech|website=GhanaStar|date=7 January 2017|access-date=27 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108002543/https://www.ghanastar.com/news/nana-akufo-addo-is-the-new-president-for-ghana-heres-his-inauguration-speech/|archive-date=8 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He previously served as [[Attorney General of Ghana|Attorney General]] from 2001 to 2003 and as [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] from 2003 to 2007 under the [[John Kufuor|Kufuor]]-led administration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=253|title=Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Profile|website=GhanaWeb|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220052357/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=253|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Akufo-Addo first ran for president in [[2008 Ghanaian general election|2008]] and again in [[2012 Ghanaian presidential election|2012]], both times as the candidate of the [[New Patriotic Party]] (NPP). He lost on both occasions to [[National Democratic Congress (Ghana)|National Democratic Congress']] candidates: [[John Evans Atta Mills]] in 2008 and [[John Dramani Mahama]] in 2012. After the 2012 general elections, he refused to concede and proceeded to court to challenge the electoral results, but the [[Supreme Court of Ghana]] affirmed Mahama's victory.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nana Akufo-Addo |url=http://akufoaddo2012.com/subcat_select.php?catID=1&linkID=1&url=Nana%20Akufo-Addo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927173514/http://akufoaddo2012.com/subcat_select.php?catID=1&linkID=1&url=Nana%20Akufo-Addo |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=31 August 2013 |publisher=akufoaddo2012.}}</ref>

He was chosen as the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party for a third time for the [[2016 Ghanaian general election|2016 general elections]], and this time he defeated incumbent Mahama in the first round (winning with 53.85% of the votes), which marked the first time in a Ghanaian presidential election that an opposition candidate won a majority outright in the first round.<ref>{{cite news|title=World Digest: Dec. 9. 2016: Ghana president concedes to opposition leader|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/world-digest-dec-9-2016/2016/12/09/f2426996-be24-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211180322/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/world-digest-dec-9-2016/2016/12/09/f2426996-be24-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html|archive-date=11 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also the first time that an opposition candidate had unseated an incumbent president. He again secured an outright majority in the first round of the [[2020 Ghanaian general election|2020 general elections]] (winning with 51.59% of the vote), defeating Mahama for a second time.<ref name=nanare-elected>{{cite web |last1=Frimpong |first1=Enoch Darfah |title=Akufo-Addo elected president of Ghana for second term with 51.59 per cent of valid votes cast |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/akufo-addo-elected-president-of-ghana-for-second-term-with-51-59-per-cent-of-valid-votes-cast.html |website=Graphic Online |date=9 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-09/ghana-s-president-akufo-addo-wins-re-election-with-52-of-vote|title=Ghana's President Akufo-Addo Wins Second Term by Slim Margin|first1=Ekow|last1=Dontoh|first2=Moses Mozart|last2=Dzawu|publisher=Bloomberg News|date=8 December 2020|access-date=8 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=President Akufo-Addo Sworn in for a Second Term |website=theaccratimes |url=https://theaccratimes.com/president-akufo-addo-sworn-in-for-a-second-term/ |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref>

Akufo-Addo's Government initially drew broad popularity from the Ghanaian public; promoting a nationalistic 'Ghana beyond aid' agenda.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Latest Viral Video: Ghana's Prez Throws Shade At Foreign Aid|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/12/12/570139770/latest-viral-video-ghanas-prez-throws-shade-at-foreign-aid|date=12 December 2017|access-date=30 September 2023|website=NPR|first=Joanne|last=Lu}}</ref> The latter part of his tenure has however been mired by the worst financial crises in a generation, with inflation reaching up to 40%.<ref>{{Cite news|title=How Ghana’s economy became a cautionary tale for Africa|url=https://www.ft.com/content/bd67731c-cea0-4045-96d4-5fff001f1fd2|access-date=18 March 2024|website=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=How Ghana, Africa's rising star, ended up in economic turmoil
|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/12/31/how-ghana-africas-rising-star-ended-up-in-economic-turmoil|date=31 December 2022|access-date=14 November 2023|website=Al Jazeera|first=Kent|last=Mensah}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Ghana: Country battles economic crisis as inflation hits 40%|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UcqHgoa-N0|access-date=30 September 2023|website=France 24}}</ref> His Government has attributed this to the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] and the [[COVID-19]] pandemic, however neutral observers point to mismanagement of public funds.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Russia-Ukraine conflict Ghana's President says it is affecting Africa's socio-economic gains|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nQxl_zxSVc|access-date=30 September 2023|website=SABC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Ghana: Impacts of the Ukraine and global crises on poverty and food security|url=https://www.ifpri.org/publication/ghana-impacts-ukraine-and-global-crises-poverty-and-food-security|access-date=30 September 2023|website=GLOBAL CRISIS COUNTRY BRIEF}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=How Campaign Promises Crashed Ghana's Economy|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/26/ghana-akufo-addo-economic-crisis-overspending-imf/|date=26 June 2023|access-date=30 September 2023|website=Foreign Policy|first=Audrey|last=Donkor}}</ref> Press freedom has also significantly deteriorated under his tenure, with Ghana dropping from having the freest media environment in Africa in 2018 to 13th in the 2022 [[World Press Freedom Index]] by [[Reporters Without Borders|Reporters without Borders]] (RSF).<ref>{{Cite news|title=President Akufo-Addo's claim about freedom of expression condition in Ghana not entirely true
|url=https://www.mfwa.org/president-akufo-addos-claim-about-freedom-of-expression-condition-in-ghana-not-entirely-true/|access-date=30 September 2023|website=MFWA}}</ref> His government has been largely described as nationalistic, nepotistic and populist.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ghanaians take to the street demanding the resignation of president Akufo- Addo
|url=https://www.africanews.com/2022/11/06/ghanaians-take-to-the-streets-demanding-resignation-of-president-akufo-addo//|access-date=30 September 2023|website=Africanews|first=Philip Andrew|last=Churm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Ghana: Pressure on Akufo-Addo to sack Finance Minister Ofori-Atta over hardships
|url=https://www.theafricareport.com/253690/ghana-pressure-on-akufo-addo-to-sack-finance-minister-ofori-atta-over-hardships/|date=26 October 2022|access-date=30 September 2023|website=The Africa Report|first=Kent|last=Mensah}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Akufo-Addo's defense of Ofori-Atta amounts to nepotism – Jantuah
|url=https://starrfm.com.gh/2022/10/akufo-addos-defense-of-ofori-atta-amounts-to-nepotism-jantuah/|date=18 October 2022|access-date=30 September 2023|website=Star FM|first=Isaac|last=Dzidzoamenu}}</ref>

==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.

==Political career==
Though known by his friends to have been a vocal supporter of the [[Convention People's Party]] (CPP) while a student in the [[University of Ghana]], he switched sides to the rival UP tradition following the overthrow of President Nkrumah in 1966 after which his father, Edward Akufo-Addo became ceremonial president of Ghana in 1969. Akufo-Addo's participation in politics formally began in the late 1970s when he joined the People's Movement for Freedom and Justice (PMFJ),<ref name="daily graphic">{{cite news |author-link = Mike Oquaye Jnr |last=Oquaye |first=Mike |date=24 December 2008 |title=Why Nana Akufo-Addo Should be Elected President |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eNxmAAAAcAAJ&q=People%E2%80%99s+Movement+for+Freedom+and+Justice+nana+akufo&pg=PA16 |newspaper=Daily Graphic |location=Ghana |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209231303/https://books.google.com/books?id=eNxmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=People%E2%80%99s+Movement+for+Freedom+and+Justice+nana+akufo&source=bl&ots=lcJImISuF9&sig=jrEiP_SASaSkVrztr6AejXSg8ZM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwju2J2k7enQAhUhhlQKHQScBUgQ6AEIPjAH#v=onepage&q=People%E2%80%99s%20Movement%20for%20Freedom%20and%20Justice%20nana%20akufo&f=false |archive-date=9 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> an organization formed to oppose the General [[Ignatius Kutu Acheampong|Acheampong]]-led Supreme Military Council's Union Government proposals.<ref name="ansah">{{cite book |last=Owusu-Ansah |first=David |date=2014 |title=Historical Dictionaries of Africa : Historical Dictionary of Ghana (4) |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers }}</ref> In May 1995, he was among a broad group of elites who formed Alliance for Change, an alliance that organized demonstrations against Neo-liberal policies such as the introduction of [[Value Added Tax]] and human rights violations of the [[Jerry Rawlings|Rawlings]] presidency. The forefront of this demonstration were himself, Abdul Malik, [[Kweku Baako Jnr|Kwaku Baako]] and Saifullah Senior minister [[Victor Newman (politician)|Victor Newman]], [[Kwesi Pratt Jnr|Kwasi Pratt Jnr]], Dr. Charles Wreko Brobbey among others. They were joined by about 100,000 other people. The protest was named "[[Kume Preko|Kumepreko]]".<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Ayelazuno |first=Jasper |year=2011 |title=Neo-liberalism and Resistance in Ghana: Understanding the Political Agency of the Subalterns in Social-historical Context |chapter= 7 |publisher=York University }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 May 2020 |title=Kumepreko @25: Akufo Addo, Kweku Baako others exchange elbow bump greetings |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Kumepreko-25-Akufo-Addo-Kweku-Baako-others-exchange-elbow-bump-greetings-956230 |access-date=20 May 2020 |website=ghanaweb. |language=en}}</ref> As an elite, he vied for leadership positions, the broad-based opposition alliance eventually fell apart.<ref name="Ivor"/> In the 1990s, he formed a civil rights organization called Ghana's Committee on Human and People's Rights.<ref name="daily graphic"/>

He was a member of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th parliament of the 4th republic representing the [[Abuakwa Ashanti|Abuakwa]] Constituency.

in the 1996 elections, he polled 28,526 votes out of the 50,263 valid votes cast representing 56.75% over [[Owuraku Amofah|Owuraku Amofa]] who polled 20,173 votes, Adoo-Aikins who polled 705 votes, Ahmadu Rufai who polled 682 votes and Emmanuel Kofi Tamakloe who polled 177 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 1996 Results - Abuakwa Constituency|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/1996/eastern/241/index.php|access-date=6 October 2020|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}}</ref> He won again in the 2000 General Elections with 28,633 votes out of the 45,795 valid votes cast representing 62.50% over Christiana Annor who polled 14,486 votes, Addo-Aikins who polled 1.088 votes, Theresa Stella Amakye who polled 593 votes, Kofi Opoku-Gyamera who polled 519 votes and Isaac Duodu Awah who also polled 506 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 2000 Results - Abuakwa Constituency|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2000/eastern/241/index.php|access-date=6 October 2020|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}}</ref>

===Presidential bids===
In October 1998, Akufo-Addo competed for the a presidential run of the [[New Patriotic Party|NPP]]<ref name="Ivor"/> and lost to [[John Kufuor]], who subsequently won the December 2000 presidential election and assumed office as President of Ghana in January 2001. Akufo-Addo was the chief campaigner for Kufuor in the 2000 election. He became the first attorney general and Minister for justice of the Kufuor era, and later moved to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and [[New Partnership for Africa's Development]] (NEPAD).<ref>{{cite news|title=Africa will continue to dominate Ghana's foreign policy – Akufo-Addo|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Africa-will-continue-to-dominate-Ghana-s-foreign-policy-Akufo-Addo-83023|access-date=7 January 2017|publisher=ghanaweb|date=4 June 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108190259/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Africa-will-continue-to-dominate-Ghana-s-foreign-policy-Akufo-Addo-83023|archive-date=8 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=26 July 2006 |title=Ghana: NPP Presidential Race for Election 2008 |publisher=allafrica |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200607261059.html |access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>

In 2007, he was the popular candidate tipped to win [[New Patriotic Party]]'s presidential primaries.<ref>{{cite news|last=Samin|first=Zam R.|date=30 October 2007|title=Akufo-Addo Gets Another Boost|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200710300532.html|newspaper=The Ghanaian Chronicle|publisher=AllAfrica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101201026/http://allafrica.com/stories/200710300532.html|archive-date=1 January 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008, Akufo-Addo represented NPP in a closely [[2008 Ghanaian general election|contested election]] against [[John Atta Mills]] of NDC.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Brian |date=5 December 2008 |title=Ghana: Voters Head for Polls in Tight Race |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200812050207.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220124724/http://allafrica.com/stories/200812050207.html |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the first round of voting, Akufo-Addo tallied 49.13%, leading Atta Mills with a slim margin that was below the constitutional threshold of 50% to become the outright winner.<ref name="Gabby">{{cite journal |last=Otchere-Darko |first=Gabby |year=2010 |title=Ghana's fragile elections: consolidating African democracy through e-voting |journal=Georgetown Journal of International Affairs |volume=11 |issue=2 }}</ref>

Akufo-Addo ran again as [[2010 Ghanaian New Patriotic Party presidential primary election|NPP's presidential candidate]] in the [[2012 Ghanaian general election|2012 national elections]] against [[National Democratic Congress (Ghana)|NDC's]] [[John Mahama]], successor to the late Atta Mills. Mahama was declared the winner of the election, an outcome that was legally challenged by Akufo-Addo.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2013-08-29|title=Ghana Supreme Court upholds John Mahama's win|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-23878458|access-date=2020-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 August 2010 |title=Ghana's NPP Chooses Akufo-Addo as 2012 Presidential Candidate |newspaper=Bloomberg|first=Jason|last=McLure |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-08-08/ghana-s-npp-chooses-akufo-addo-as-its-presidential-candidate-for-2012 |access-date=2021-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-12-09|title=Incumbent Mahama wins Ghana's presidential election|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20121209-ghana-opposition-claim-election-results-flawed-mahama|access-date=2021-05-17|website=France 24|language=en}}</ref> The court case generated considerable controversy, and was finally decided by the Ghana Supreme Court in a narrow 5/4 decision in favour of Mahama. Akufo-Addo accepted the verdict in the interest of economic stability and international goodwill.<ref name="New African"/><ref>{{Cite web  |title=Ghana election valid |url=https://www.dw.com/en/ghanas-supreme-court-upholds-election-result/a-17054771|date=2013-08-29 |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=DW|first=Chrispin|last=Mwakideu |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-12-09|title=Ghana election: Opposition NPP alleges vote fraud|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-20660228|access-date=2021-05-17}}</ref>

In March 2014, Akufo-Addo announced his decision to seek his party's nomination for the third time ahead of the [[2016 Ghanaian general election|2016 election]]. In the NPP primary conducted in October 2014, he was declared victor with 94.35% of the votes.<ref name="Afb">{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=November 2014 |title=Ghana's Presidential Candidates |journal=Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series |volume=51 |issue=10 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-12-09|title=Ghana election: Third time lucky for Nana Akufo-Addo|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37977008|access-date=2021-05-17}}</ref> Akufo-Addo also served as chair of the Commonwealth Observer Mission for the South African elections in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 April 2014 |title=Akufo-Addo leads Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa |publisher=graphic. |url=http://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/akufo-addo-chairs-commonwealth-observer-mission-for-south-africa-election.html |url-status=live |access-date=7 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705131222/http://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/akufo-addo-chairs-commonwealth-observer-mission-for-south-africa-election.html |archive-date=5 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=9 May 2014 |title=South Africa elections 'crucial' says Akufo-Addo |url=http://thecommonwealth.org/media/news/south-africa-elections-crucial-says-akufo-addo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108095639/http://thecommonwealth.org/media/news/south-africa-elections-crucial-says-akufo-addo |archive-date=8 January 2017 |access-date=7 January 2017 |publisher=thecommonwealth.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McTernan |first=Bilie Adwoa |date=2014-01-09 |title=Ghana's NPP prepares for the 2016 presidential race |url=https://www.theafricareport.com/4898/ghanas-npp-prepares-for-the-2016-presidential-race/ |access-date=2021-05-17 |website=The Africa Report. |language=en-US}}</ref>

He focused his campaign on the economy, promising to stabilize the country's foreign exchange rate and to reduce unemployment levels.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lyngaas |first1=Sean |last2=Searcey |first2=Dionne |date=6 December 2016|title=Ghana Presidential Vote Hinges on Economic Perceptions|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/world/africa/ghana-election-john-mahama.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421112049/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/world/africa/ghana-election-john-mahama.html|archive-date=21 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 
On 9 December 2016, sitting president Mahama conceded defeat to Akufo-Addo.<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/ghana-akufo-addo-wins-presidential-election-161209172455364.html "Ghana: Akufo-Addo wins presidential election"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216012923/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/ghana-akufo-addo-wins-presidential-election-161209172455364.html |date=16 December 2016 }}, Al Jazeera, 10 December 2016.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pilling |first=David |date=10 December 2016 |title=Akufo-Addo wins Ghana presidential election |newspaper=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/785703ea-be6e-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080 |access-date=2021-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kazeem|first=Yomi|title=Ghana has elected Nana Akufo-Addo as its new president|url=https://qz.com/africa/858481/ghana-decides-nana-akufo-addo-has-been-elected-as-ghanas-new-president/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Quartz|date=9 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref> Akufo-Addo won the election with 53.83% of the votes against Mahama's 44.4%.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Results For Elections 2016|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/ghanaelection2016/|publisher=ghanaweb|access-date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221153329/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/ghanaelection2016/|archive-date=21 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author1=Matthew Mpoke Bigg |author2=Kwasi Kpodo|date=2016-12-10|title=Ghana's opposition leader Akufo-Addo wins presidential election|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ghana-election-idUSKBN13Y0HA|access-date=2021-05-17}}</ref>

Akufo-Addo announced his intention to run for re-election by picking a nomination form as flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party ahead of the 2020 general elections.<ref name="gbcghanaonline.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/news/president-akufo-addo-19-hospitality-facilities-honoured/2020/|title=President Akufo-Addo, 19 hospitality facilities honoured|date=20 January 2020|website=GBC Ghana Online|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref> On 9 December 2020, Akufo-Addo was declared the winner of the 7 December 2020 Ghana Presidential election after securing a majority of 51.59% of the vote, just enough to win re-election in a single round.<ref name=nanare-elected /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.africanews.com/2020/12/09/ghana-presidential-election-nana-akufo-addo-declared-winner-by-51-59/|title=Ghana presidential election: Nana Akufo-Addo declared winner by 51.59%|author=Redation, Africa News and Euro News|publisher=Africa News|date=9 December 2020|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tih |first=Felix Nkambeh |date=9 December 2020 |title=Ghana: Nana Akufo-Addo wins 2nd term as president |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/ghana-nana-akufo-addo-wins-2nd-term-as-president/2071501 |access-date=2021-05-17 |website=aa tr}}</ref> In December 2021, Akufo-Addo pledged to respect the two-term limit mandated in the [[Constitution of Ghana|Ghanaian constitution]] and not run for a third term in 2024.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ghana's president to push West African peers to respect term limits|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/africa-democracy-ghana-idAFL8N2ST3MR |date=8 December 2021|access-date=15 January 2022|website=reuters.com}}</ref>

==President of Ghana (2017–present)==
{{Further|Presidency of Nana Akufo-Addo}}

===Inauguration===
Akufo-Addo took office on 7 January 2017. His inauguration was held at [[Black Star Square]] in Accra. Twelve presidents from African and [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe|European countries]] attended the ceremony, including [[Edgar Lungu]] of [[Zambia]], [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] of Egypt, [[Ernest Bai Koroma]] of [[Sierra Leone]], [[Robert Mugabe]] of [[Zimbabwe]], [[Muhammadu Buhari]] of Nigeria.<ref>{{cite news|title=LIVESTREAMING: Nana Akufo-Addo takes office as president|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/LIVESTREAMING-Nana-Akufo-Addo-takes-office-as-president-499112|access-date=7 January 2017|publisher=ghanaweb|date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108190217/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/LIVESTREAMING-Nana-Akufo-Addo-takes-office-as-president-499112|archive-date=8 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Akufo-Addo formally sworn in as Ghana's president, gets 21-gun salute|url=http://www.africanews.com/2017/01/07/live-12-presidents-join-ghanaians-to-inaugurate-president-akufo-addo/|date=7 January 2017|access-date=7 January 2017|publisher=africanews.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108143439/http://www.africanews.com/2017/01/07/live-12-presidents-join-ghanaians-to-inaugurate-president-akufo-addo/|archive-date=8 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=6 January 2017 |title=African leaders arrive ahead of Akufo-Addo's inauguration |work=My Joy Online |publisher= |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/African-leaders-arrive-ahead-of-Akufo-Addo-s-inauguration-499057 |url-status=live |access-date=7 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107163919/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/African-leaders-arrive-ahead-of-Akufo-Addo-s-inauguration-499057 |archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>

Akufo-Addo faced backlash, especially on social media, for plagiarizing parts of his inauguration speech, having lifted passages, word-for-word, from previous inaugural addresses given by American presidents [[John F. Kennedy]], [[Bill Clinton]] and [[George W. Bush]] as well as prepared remarks given by [[Nigerians|Nigerian]] President [[Muhammadu Buhari]] at a 2015 [[United States Institute of Peace]] event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://pulse.ng/local/buhari-read-full-text-of-president-s-speech-at-us-institute-for-peace-id4005380.html|title=Buhari: Read full text of President's speech at US Institute for Peace|work=Pulse|last=Sotubo|first='Jola|date=23 July 2015 |access-date=10 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080606/http://pulse.ng/local/buhari-read-full-text-of-president-s-speech-at-us-institute-for-peace-id4005380.html|archive-date=11 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2017 |title=Plagiarism in Akufo-Addo's speech depressing and shocking – Minority |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Plagiarism-in-Akufo-Addo-s-speech-depressing-and-shocking-Minority-499694 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211235358/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Plagiarism-in-Akufo-Addo-s-speech-depressing-and-shocking-Minority-499694 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |access-date=9 February 2017 |website=ghanaweb.}}</ref><ref>Nyanin,
 Natasha, [http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/africa/ghana-plagiarism-row-akufo-addo/ "Opinion: why Ghanaians shouldn't ignore plagiarism row"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211082933/http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/11/africa/ghana-plagiarism-row-akufo-addo/ |date=11 February 2017 }}, CNN, 11 January 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38555356 "Ghana's Nana Akufo-Addo and other leaders caught up in plagiarism scandals"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924201035/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38555356 |date=24 September 2017 }}, BBC News, 9 January 2017.</ref><ref>Ogundipe, Samuel [http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/219897-ghana-president-akufo-addo-caught-plagiarism-scandal.html "Ghana President Akufo-Addo caught in plagiarism scandal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075410/http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/219897-ghana-president-akufo-addo-caught-plagiarism-scandal.html |date=11 February 2017 }}, ''Premium Times'' (Nigeria), 8 January 2017.</ref><ref>Abdulai, Hanan R. Confidence, [http://www.myjoyonline.com/opinion/2017/january-9th/of-akufo-addos-speech-plagiarism.php "Of Akufo-Addo's speech plagiarism"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075848/http://www.myjoyonline.com/opinion/2017/january-9th/of-akufo-addos-speech-plagiarism.php |date=11 February 2017 }}, MyJoyOnline, 9 January 2017.</ref> After the scandal came to light, his press office issued an apology, with his communication director describing the situation as a "complete oversight and never deliberate."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/ghanas-president-ripped-off-george-w-bush-and-bill-clinton-i|author=Brown, Hayes|title=Ghana's President Ripped Off A Bunch Of US Presidents in His Inaugural Speech|newspaper=BuzzFeed|date=10 January 2017|access-date=10 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228082244/https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/ghanas-president-ripped-off-george-w-bush-and-bill-clinton-i|archive-date=28 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/ghana-nana-akufo-addo-caught-plagiarism-row-170108165213500.html "Ghana: Nana Akufo-Addo caught up in plagiarism row"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210041336/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/ghana-nana-akufo-addo-caught-plagiarism-row-170108165213500.html |date=10 February 2017 }}, Al Jazeera, 9 January 2017.</ref><ref>Glum, Julia, [http://www.ibtimes.com/who-nana-akufo-addo-ghana-presidents-plagiarism-scandal-explained-2473112 "Who Is Nana Akufo-Addo? Ghana President's Plagiarism Scandal, Explained"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155212/http://www.ibtimes.com/who-nana-akufo-addo-ghana-presidents-plagiarism-scandal-explained-2473112 |date=11 February 2017 }}, ''International Business Times'', 10 January 2017.</ref> However, after the [[mea culpa]], it was found that Akufo-Addo had also plagiarized portions of his 2013 concession speech after the [[Supreme Court of Ghana]] upheld the 2012 electoral victory of President [[John Dramani Mahama|John Mahama]]. In that speech, lines were lifted verbatim from United States Vice-president [[Al Gore]]'s 2000 presidential concession speech given after the [[US Supreme Court]] verdict.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Full text: Akufo-Addo's post-verdict speech |newspaper=ModernGhana |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/486053/full-text-akufo-addos-post-verdict-speech.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211082743/https://www.modernghana.com/news/486053/full-text-akufo-addos-post-verdict-speech.html |archive-date=11 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Eidenmuller |first=Michael E. |title=Online Speech Bank: Al Gore – 2000 Presidential Concession Speech |url=https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/algore2000concessionspeech.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215031537/https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/algore2000concessionspeech.html |archive-date=15 February 2017 |access-date=10 February 2017 |website=americanrhetoric.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2017 |title=Saint Akufo-Addo in the web of the moral shame of new-age plagiarism |url=http://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Saint-Akufo-Addo-in-the-web-of-the-moral-shame-of-new-age-plagiarism-499749 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211235549/http://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Saint-Akufo-Addo-in-the-web-of-the-moral-shame-of-new-age-plagiarism-499749 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |access-date=11 February 2017 |website=mobile.ghanaweb.}}</ref>

===Education sector===
In September 2017, the president launched the [[Free SHS|Free Senior High School (SHS) policy]], which will make [[Secondary school|secondary high school]] free for students in Ghana. The president states it is a "necessary investment in the nation's future workforce" and will help parents who are unable to pay for their children's education due to financial hardships. The program met with positive reaction from the nation, parents and students were excited and fervent, but private schools opposed to the program state it will decrease the number of students enrolling in their system.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ghana Launches Free High School Education|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/ghana-launches-free-high-school-education-nationwide/4030588.html|access-date=11 November 2017|publisher=Joy Online|date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112021254/https://www.voanews.com/a/ghana-launches-free-high-school-education-nationwide/4030588.html|archive-date=12 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Akuffo-Addo launches free SHS|url=http://www.ghananewsagency.org/social/president-akufo-addo-launches-free-shs-122148|agency=Ghana News Agency|access-date=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112073901/http://www.ghananewsagency.org/social/president-akufo-addo-launches-free-shs-122148|archive-date=12 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2023, President Akufo-Addo cited the 2022 WASSCE success as proof of his education policies' effectiveness.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tornyi |first=Emmanuel |date=2023-08-23 |title=Nana Addo brags about Free SHS for producing the best results in the last 8 years |url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/nana-addo-brags-about-free-shs-for-producing-the-best-results-in-the-last-8-years/b2y3pp8 |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=Pulse Ghana |language=en}}</ref> During a speech at Queen Girls Senior High School in the Western North region, the President credited last year's WASSCE results, the best in eight years, to the success of the Free Senior High School program and related initiatives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Peace FM |title=2022 WASSCE Best Ever In 8 Years – Akufo-Addo Says Free SHS Policy Vindicated |url=https://peacefmonline.com/pages/local/education/202308/492015.php |access-date=2023-09-09 |website=Peacefmonline.}}</ref> Prez. Akufo-Addo celebrated notable improvements in the 2022 WASSCE results, with higher scores in English, Integrated Science, Mathematics, and Social Studies. He also commended the 2021 student cohort for adapting to the double track system.<ref name=":0" />

===Economy===
In 2018, the president introduced the 7-year Co-ordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies which is expected to create jobs for the country. According to the president, the policies are founded on "five pillars of growth and development, namely revitalizing the economy; transform [[agriculture]] and industry; revamping economic and social infrastructure; strengthening social protection and inclusion; and reforming delivery system of public services institutions.<ref>{{cite news |title=PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO LAUNCHES 7-YEAR CO-ORDINATED PROGRAMME OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES |publisher=Ghana Government |url=http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/news/4560-president-launches-action-plan-to-combat-anti-microbial-resistance |url-status=dead |access-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022052108/http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/news/4560-president-launches-action-plan-to-combat-anti-microbial-resistance |archive-date=22 October 2019}}</ref> Despite the [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] already warning the country that it was at high risk of debt-distress, the government of Akufo-Addo kept on borrowing, pushing up the nation's public debt from 56% of GDP to 63% before the pandemic. After the pandemic, Ghana borrowed even more in comparison with its neighbours, precipitating a budget-deficit crisis, the second highest in [[Sub-Saharan Africa|Sub Saharan Africa]] at 16% as of 2020, far above the regional average of 6%.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ghana, an oft-lauded African economy, is back for a 17th bail-out |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/08/05/ghana-an-oft-lauded-african-economy-is-back-for-a-17th-bail-out |access-date=2022-09-16 |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>

===LGBT rights===
Akufo-Addo has taken a relatively moderate line on [[LGBT rights in Ghana]]. In November 2017, he suggested that the legalisation of [[homosexuality]] is inevitable and said he can foresee a change in the law.<ref>[https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/legalization-of-homosexuality-ghana-is-bound-to-happen-akufo-addo.html Homosexuality: Legalization in Ghana is bound to happen - Akufo-Addo] ''Graphic Online'', 26 November 2017</ref> Akufo-Addo, who spent much of his early life in [[England]], said that LGBT rights will evolve in Ghana as they have in the [[United Kingdom]]. However, he affirmed that LGBT rights were not part of the government agenda at the moment.<ref>[https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Association-of-gays-lesbians-in-Ghana-to-embark-on-historic-peace-march-in-Accra-604192 Association of gays, lesbians in Ghana to embark on historic peace march in Accra] ''GhanaWeb'', 27 November 2017</ref> In August 2018, he reiterated that the [[Government of Ghana]] would not legalise same-sex marriage or [[Decriminalization|decriminalise]] homosexuality under his leadership.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2018 |title=I'll never legalize homosexuality – Akufo-Addo |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/I-ll-never-legalize-homosexuality-Akufo-Addo-675491 |website=ghanaweb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=10 August 2018|title=President of Ghana 'reassures' church leaders that he won't decriminalise homosexuality|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/10/president-of-ghana-reassures-church-leaders-that-he-wont-decriminalise-homosexuality/|first=Nick |last=Duffy}}</ref>

===Sports===
In February 2019, Akufo-Addo's administration announced a complete renovation of sports buildings around Ghana due to the country hosting the [[African Games|Africa Games]] in 2023. Buildings include Accra and [[Cape Coast Sports Stadium]] and the [[Azumah Nelson Sports Complex]] in [[Kaneshie]]. The [[University of Ghana]] Sports Stadium whose renovations were abandoned in 2009 after former President [[John Kufuor|John Agyekum Kufuor]] left office will also proceed.<ref>{{cite web |title=We'll increase sports infrastructure ahead of 2023 All Africa Games – Akufo-Addo |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/We-ll-increase-sports-infrastructure-ahead-of-2023-All-Africa-Games-Akufo-Addo-725161 |publisher=ghanaweb |access-date=10 August 2019 |archive-date=10 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810212349/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/We-ll-increase-sports-infrastructure-ahead-of-2023-All-Africa-Games-Akufo-Addo-725161 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Controversy===
See [[Nana Akufo-Addo administration controversies]]

===Other ventures===
In 2019, the number of regions in Ghana increased from ten to sixteen under the president's administration. The new regions are [[Oti Region|Oti]], [[Western North Region|Western North]], [[North East Region, Ghana|North East]], [[Ahafo Region|Ahafo]] (splitting from Brong), [[Savannah Region|Savannah]] and [[Bono Region|Bono East]] Regions. The creation of the regions ends decades of petitions to the government calling for the development of new regions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ghana Now Has 16 Regions |url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/ghana-now-has-16-regions/ar-BBTEn4N |access-date=12 August 2019 |publisher=MSN}}</ref>

In 2020, he signed the [[UNAIDS]] Public Letter on People's Vaccine which was a campaign calling for accessibility of the [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] vaccine to all. He joined other world leaders in the signing. He wrote "all people everywhere must have access to the vaccine when one becomes available." Concerns were raised that people in richer countries may have quicker access to the vaccine than poor countries which led to the writing of an open letter that any vaccine against the disease should be free and made available at no cost to all people.<ref name="citinewsroom.com"/> In February 2021, Ghana became the first African country to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization's COVAX program. The shipment consisted of 600,000 doses of the [[Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine|AstraZeneca vaccines]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ghana becomes first country to receive Covid vaccine through COVAX program |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/africa/ghana-covax-vaccine-intl/index.html |access-date=28 March 2021 |publisher=CNN|first1=Stephanie|last1=Busari|first2=Eric|last2=Cheung |date=24 February 2021}}</ref>

In May 2020, he swore into office two appointed [[Supreme Court of Ghana|Supreme Court]] Judges, [[Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu]] and [[Clemence Jackson Honyenuga]] at the [[Jubilee House]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Akufo-Addo Swears In Supreme Court Justices|url=https://dailyguidenetwork.com/akufo-addo-swears-in-supreme-court-justices/|date=22 May 2020|website=DailyGuide Network|language=en-US|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Akufo-Addo swears in Supreme Court Justices Honyenuga and Tanko Amadu|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2020/05/akufo-addo-swears-in-supreme-court-justices-honyenuga-and-tanko-amadu/|date=22 May 2020|website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines, Ghana Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Articles, Opinions, Viral Content|language=en-US|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>

==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>

==Honours==

=== Awards ===
Akufo-Addo was presented with the [[Mother Teresa Awards|Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice]] in 2016 by the Harmony Foundation for sacrificing political ambitions for the sake of national peace and reconciliation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.motherteresaawards.org/awardees/mother-teresa-memorial-awards-2016/|title=Mother Teresa Memorial Awards 2016|work=Mother Teresa Memorial Awards|access-date=12 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204022314/http://www.motherteresaawards.org/awardees/mother-teresa-memorial-awards-2016/|archive-date=4 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2017, he received the National Achievement Award by the [[Africa-America Institute]]’s on behalf of the people of Ghana. The award was given to recognise Ghana as a country which represents freedom, democracy and stability in Africa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Akufo-Addo receives National Achievement Award |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-receives-National-Achievement-Award-583248 |website=GhanaWeb|access-date=8 August 2019 |date=21 September 2017}}</ref>

Akufo-Addo was given an award for Exemplary Leadership in June 2018 by the [[Rosa Whitaker|Whitaker Group]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/president-akufo-addo-receives-exemplary-leadership-award.html|title=President Akufo-Addo receives exemplary leadership award|last=PRESIDENCY.GOV.GH|work=Graphic Online|access-date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618230454/https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/president-akufo-addo-receives-exemplary-leadership-award.html|archive-date=18 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ansah |first=Marian |date=5 March 2018 |title=President Akufo-Addo receives 'Exemplary Leadership Award' |work=citifmonline |url=http://citifmonline.com/2018/03/05/president-akufo-addo-receives-exemplary-leadership-award/ |url-status=live |access-date=18 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618230235/http://citifmonline.com/2018/03/05/president-akufo-addo-receives-exemplary-leadership-award/ |archive-date=18 June 2018}}</ref>
In August 2018 he received the African Port Award by The African Port Award (APA) Foundation for his projects on modernizing Ghana's ports.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 2018 |title=his efforts in modernizing Ghana's ports. |url=http://africanchronicler.com/ghanaian-president-akufo-addo-wins-african-port-award/ |access-date=8 August 2019 |publisher=africanchronicler.}}</ref> In September 2018, the U.S. Africa Business Centre of the [[United States Chamber of Commerce]] presented Akufo-Addo with the 2018 Outstanding Leader's Award in recognition of regional, diplomatic, and economic leadership in Africa.<ref>K. Effah, [https://yen.com.gh/116120-akufo-addo-receive-outstanding-leaders-award-new-york.html#116120 "Akufo-Addo to receive Outstanding Leaders Award in New York"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008022637/https://yen.com.gh/116120-akufo-addo-receive-outstanding-leaders-award-new-york.html#116120 |date=8 October 2018 }}, Yen.com.gh, 18 September 2018.</ref><ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061237/http://dailyguideafrica.com/nana-grabs-top-us-award/ "Nana Grabs Top US Award"]}}, ''DailyGuide Africa'', 18 September 2018.</ref><ref>[https://citinewsroom.com/2018/09/25/akufo-addo-receives-2018-outstanding-leaders-award/ "Akufo-Addo receives 2018 outstanding leader’s award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926123959/https://citinewsroom.com/2018/09/25/akufo-addo-receives-2018-outstanding-leaders-award/ |date=26 September 2018 }}, CNR, 25 September 2018.</ref> In October 2018, he received the 2018 Governance Leadership Award "in recognition of his commitment towards enhancing the living standards of the Ghanaians and governing the country in accordance with the rule of law".<ref>[https://citinewsroom.com/2018/10/06/nana-addo-receives-2018-governance-leadership-award/ "Nana Addo receives 2018 Governance Leadership Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223412/https://citinewsroom.com/2018/10/06/nana-addo-receives-2018-governance-leadership-award/ |date=7 October 2018 }}, CNR, 6 October 2018.</ref>

In May 2019, the United Nations Secretary-General [[António Guterres]] named Akufo-Addo among the newly appointed SDG advocates as co-chair alongside the prime minister of Norway, [[Erna Solberg]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 May 2019|title=United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has Appointed New Sustainable Development Goals Advocates |url=https://www.globalgoals.org/news/secretary-general-antonio-guterres-has-appointed-new|access-date=21 August 2020|website=The Global Goals}}</ref> The role of these advocates is to raise awareness, inspire greater ambition, and push for faster action on the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDGs).

In June 2019, the [[Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa]] (ANOCA) announced it will honour Akufo-Addo with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Merit Award for Heads of State due to his tremendous contribution to sports development and projects in Ghana and for the successful bid for Ghana to host the 2023 African Games.<ref>{{cite news |title=ANOCA to award highest honour to Ghana President Akufo-Addo |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1080764/anoca-to-award-highest-honour-to-ghana-president-akufo-addo |first=Patrick|last= O'Kane|website=Inside the Games|access-date=8 August 2019 |date=19 June 2019}}</ref>

Nana Akufo-Addo was honoured at the fourth Ghana Hotels Association Awards, held on 20 January 2020, for demonstrating visionary leadership by declaring the year of return and ensuring its successful execution.<ref name="gbcghanaonline.com"/>

On 10 October 2022, the [[University of Sorbonne]] in Paris, France presented an honorary doctorate degree to Akufo-Addo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-10 |title=Akufo-Addo receives Honorary Doctorate Degree from Sorbonne University - MyJoyOnline.com |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/akufo-addo-receives-honorary-doctorate-degree-from-sorbonne-university/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=myjoyonline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Peace FM |title=Why Akufo-Addo Was Awarded Honorary PhD By French University |url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/social/202210/475810.php |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Peacefmonline}}</ref>

On 8 August 2023, Akufo-Addo was presented with a Medal of Merit in Leadership Award by the African Bar Association.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daily Graphic |date=8 August 2023 |title=African Bar Association honours President Akufo-Addo |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/african-bar-association-honours-president-akufo-addo.html |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=Graphic Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Africa Bar Association confers Medal of Merit in Leadership Award on Akufo-Addo |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/africa-bar-association-confers-medal-of-merit-in-leadership-award-on-akufo-addo |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=myjoyonline. |language=en}}</ref>

===Foreign honours===
*{{flag|Guyana}}:
**[[File:GUY Order of Excellence of Guyana ribbon bar.png|70px]] Member of the [[Order of Excellence of Guyana|Order of Excellence]] (11 June 2019)<ref>[https://www.stabroeknews.com/2019/06/12/news/guyana/ghanaian-president-conferred-with-order-of-excellence/ "Ghanaian President conferred with Order of Excellence"] ''[[Stabroek News]]'', 12 June 2019.</ref>
*{{flag|Ivory Coast}}:
**[[File:Cote d'Ivoire Ordre national GC ribbon.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[National Order of the Ivory Coast]] (5 May 2017)<ref>[https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Nana-Akufo-Addo-honoured-in-Cote-d-Ivoire-535506 "Nana Akufo-Addo honoured in Cote d'Ivoire"], GhanaWeb, 6 May 2017.</ref> 
*{{flag|Liberia}}:
**[[File:Order of the Pioneers of Liberia - ribbon bar.png|70px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Pioneers of Liberia]] (27 May 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://citifmonline.com/2017/05/nana-addo-decorated-with-liberias-highest-award/ |title=Nana Addo decorated with Liberia's highest award|website= Citi FM Online|first=Delali |last=Adogla-Bessa|date= 27 May 2017}}</ref>
*{{flag|Morocco}}:
**[[File:Decoration without ribbon - en.svg|70px]] Collar of the [[Order of Muhammad]] (17 February 2017)<ref>[https://www.modernghana.com/news/756422/morocco-stregthens-ties-with-ghana.html "Morocco Stregthens Ties With Ghana"], Modern Ghana, 18 February 2017.</ref>
* {{flag|Portugal}}:
**[[File:PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Collar BAR.png|70px]] Grand Collar of the [[Order of Prince Henry]] (2023)
*{{flag|Senegal}}:
**[[File:SEN Order of the Lion - Grand Cross BAR.svg|70px]] Grand Cross of the [[National Order of the Lion]] (16 May 2017)<ref>[https://www.modernghana.com/news/776183/senegal-decorates-akufo-addo-with-national-award.html "Senegal decorates Akufo Addo with national award"], ''ModernGhana'', 18 May 2017.</ref>
*{{Flag|Serbia}}:
**[[File:Orden Republike Srbije 2.gif|70x70px]] [[Order of the Republic of Serbia]], Second Class (10 October 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vučić uručio Orden predsedniku Gane: Dve države se dobro razumeju, potrebno proširenje saradnje - Politika - Dnevni list Danas|date=11 October 2021 |url=https://www.danas.rs/politika/vucic-urucio-orden-predsedniku-gane-dve-drzave-se-dobro-razumeju-potrebno-prosirenje-saradnje/|access-date=2021-10-11|language=sr-RS}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Akufo-Addo government ministers and political appointees|Cabinet of Akufo-Addo government]]

==References==
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* [https://myghpage.com/nana-addo-dankwa-akufo-addo/ MyGHPage: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Biography.]
* [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/republic/akufo-addo.php GhanaWeb: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo biography.]
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