Edward Akufo-Addo JSC (26 June 1906 – 17 July 1979) was a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the "Big Six" leaders of the United Gold...

William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (/æˈkʊfoʊ ɑːˈdoʊ/ a-KUUF-oh ah-DOH; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the 13th president of...

republic of Ghana as the wife of president Edward Akufo-Addo. She was the mother of president Nana Akufo-Addo. She died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in...

Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Ghana originally formed on 7 January 2017 following the winning of the December 2016 general election when Nana Akufo-Addo of...

independence from British colonial rule. Other members of the "Big Six" were Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey, William Ofori Atta...

State Prison. 1972 – Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius...

as Chief Justice as in clause 6 of Article 144. In May 2020, President Akufo-Addo appointed four additional judges to the Supreme Court. According to Article...

United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) party (namely Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, J. B. Danquah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey and William Ofori Atta)...

adopted was a parliamentary republic. Instead, a ceremonial president, Edward Akufo-Addo, was elected by an electoral college. List of MPs elected in the 1969...

against The Electoral Commission of Ghana and Nana Akufo-Addo. On November 12, 2019, President Nana Akufo-Addo nominated Torkornoo together with Justices Mariama...

Africans such as J.B. Danquah, A.G. Grant, R.A. Awoonor-Williams, Edward Akufo Addo (all lawyers except for Grant, who was a wealthy businessman), and...

Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup d'état which overthrew President Akufo-Addo, Prime Minister Abrefa Busia and his government, all political parties...

July 16 – Alfred Deller, English countertenor (b. 1912) July 17 – Edward Akufo-Addo, Ghanese politician and lawyer, 5th President of Ghana (b. 1906) July...

history of Ghana. Torkornoo was sworn in as Chief Justice by President Akufo-Addo on 12 June 2023. On 22 April 2025, following the receipt of three petitions...

31 August 1970 to Edward Akufo-Addo who was elected on 31 August 1970 by an electoral college. He polled 123 votes to 35 by Edward Asafu Adjaye. This...

government. The electoral college chose as president Chief Justice Edward Akufo Addo, one of the leading nationalist politicians of the UGCC era and one...

the convention was inaugurated and he was elected secretary with Edward Akufo-Addo as president and Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey together with J. Quist-Therson...

Nkrumah in 1962. He was dismissed together with Kofi Adumua Bossman and Edward Akufo-Addo on 2 March 1964 by the then president of Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah for...

former Chief Justice of Ghana. In December 2019, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo nominated Justice Anin-Yeboah as the Chief Justice of Ghana. Anin-Yeboah...

first president of Ghana Ako Adjei – founding member of the UGCC Edward Akufo-Addo – founding member of the UGCC and subsequently chief justice and president...

to power, Acheampong was court martialed and executed along with General Edward Kwaku Utuka by firing squad on 16 June. Ten days later, two other former...

power in 2008. The ruling New Patriotic Party chose Nana Akufo-Addo, son of Edward Akufo-Addo, as their candidate while National Democratic Congress's...

include: Asare Akuffo, Ghanaian accountant, banker and entrepreneur Edward Akufo-Addo (1906–1979), President of Ghana from 1970 to 1972 Emily Akuffo (1933...

size of the government in comparison to the outgoing one led by Nana Akufo-Addo and cap the number of ministers at 60. 42 nominees of Mahama were presented...

Achimotans that have excelled or played a pioneering role in their field. Edward Akufo-Addo, President, Second Republic of Ghana (1969–72) Kow Nkensen Arkaah...

school has educated many Ghanaian leaders, including Kwame Nkrumah, Edward Akufo-Addo, Jerry John Rawlings, and John Evans Atta Mills all of whom are former...

power in 2008. The ruling New Patriotic Party chose Nana Akufo-Addo, son of Edward Akufo-Addo, as their candidate while National Democratic Congress's...

at the age of 44. The oldest person to assume the presidency is Nana Akufo-Addo who was inaugurated at age 72. At age 34, Akwasi Afrifa was the youngest...

footballer Adeline Akufo-Addo (1917–2004), Nana Akufo-Addo's mother Addoquaye Addo (born 1985), Ghanaian footballer Charles Addo Odametey (1937–2006)...

that rank was surpassed by the appointment of Justice Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo as Speaker of the 5th Parliament of Ghana's 4th Republic in January 2009...