Ruler · 1938 – present

John Kufuor

Born 1938, living; politician. President of Ghana (Ghana), 2001 – 2009.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1938; living
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Ghana
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Ghana

Ghana · the 12th of 16 dated reigns · 1957 – 2025

8 before

Jerry Rawlings1979

Hilla Limann1979 – 1981

Jerry Rawlings1981 – 2001

John Kufuor2001 – 2009

John Atta Mills2009 – 2012

John Mahama2012 – 2017

Nana Akufo-Addo2017 – 2025

1 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 2001 – 2009 · 8 years · came to it aged 63

Came to it: elected
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Kufuor won the presidential election of December 2000; in the first round, held on 7 December, Kufuor came in first place with 48.4%, while John Atta-Mills, Jerry Rawlings' Vice-president, came in second with 44.8%, forcing the two into a run-off vote.

Having served two terms in power, he retired from politics in 2008.

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