Kwame Addo-Kufuor (born 14 July 1940) is a Ghanaian politician and physician. Addo-Kufuor was a member of parliament for Manhyia, and from 2001 to 2007, he was the Minister for Defence under President John Kufuor, his brother. Between June 2008 and 2009, he was the Minister for Interior.[1]
Hon. Kwame Addo-Kufuor | |
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| Member of Parliament for Manhyia | |
| In office 7 January 1997 – 7 January 2009 | |
| Succeeded by | Mathew Opoku Prempeh |
| Preceded by | Kwamena Bartels |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 2008–2009 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Preceded by | Albert Kan-Dapaah |
| Succeeded by | Cletus Avoka |
| Minister for Defence | |
| In office January 2001 – 2008 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Preceded by | Lt. Col. E. K. T. Donkoh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 July 1940 Kumasi, Ghana |
| Nationality |  Ghanaian |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Spouse | Rosemary Addo-Kufuor |
| Relations | John Kufuor - brother |
| Children | Kwame Addo-Kufuor, Kojo Addo-Kufuor & Nana Ama Poku |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, University of Cambridge |
| Profession | Medical doctor |
Early life and education
editAddo-Kufuor was born on 14 July 1940. He graduated from the University of Cambridge. He holds a bachelor's degree in medicine from the university. He also studied at the Middlesex Medical School Hospital and Jesus College.[2]
Career
editAddo-Kufuor is a medical doctor by profession.[2]
Political career
editAddo-Kufuor is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He became a member of parliament in January 1997 after emerging as a winner in the General Election in December 1996. He was elected once more as the member of parliament for the Manhyia constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.[3][4]
Elections
edit1997 Parliamentary Elections
editAddo was first elected into Parliament during the December 1996 Ghanaian General Elections for the Manhyia Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He polled 59,227 votes out of the 72,789 valid votes cast representing 63.30% against Yaw Addai Boadu an NDC member who polled 13,562 representing 14.50%.[5] He was re-elected with 64,067 votes out of the 78,368 valid votes cast representing 81.80% against Samuel B.Donkoh an NDC member who polled 12,244 votes representing 15.60%, Salifu Mumuni and PNC member who polled 1,614 votes representing 2.10% and Nana O. Boateng who polled 443 votes representing 0.60%.[6]
2004 Parliamentary Elections
editAddo-Kufuor was elected as the member of parliament for the Bekwai constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[4][3] His constituency was a part of the 36 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region.[7] The New Patriotic Party won a total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[8] He was elected with 66,210 votes out of 87,629 total valid votes cast.[4][3] This was equivalent to 75.6% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Salifu Mumuni of the People's National Convention, Kwame Boateng of the National Democratic Congress, E. A. Ohene Darko of the Convention People's Party, and Kofi Pervical Akpaloo an independent candidate. These obtained 667, 9,550, 498 and 10,704 votes respectively of total votes cast.4,6 These were equivalent to 0.8%, 10.9%, 0.6% and 12.2% respectively of total valid votes cast.[4][3]
Personal life
editAddo-Kufuor is a Christian.[2] whose brother is John Agyekum Kufuor who was athe fomer persident of ghana and with two chilidren named Kwame Addo-Kufuor, Kojo Addo-Kufuor & Nana Ama Poku.
Nana Ama Poku[9] is a woman with unique blend of across division/department oversight in Development Finance, Policy Banking and Commercial Banking, Nana Ama is a seasoned leader adept at corporate strategy execution at the C-Suite level. A firm believer in private sector growth, she has extensive insight in end-to-end financing support for agriculture production, agro processing, import substitution, and export trade as boosters of economic growth.With a career spanning over two decades, she has a background in Risk Management,Banking Operations, SME and Corporate Banking, support for non-bank financial institutions as well as oversight of core support functions including Corporate Communications, Administration, Customer Experience and Product Development.Nana Ama has over the years had extensive corporate governance and structured training from agencies the world over to augment hands-on experience.Played a pivotal role in the operationalization of the Ghana Export-Import Bank (EXIM) as its pioneer Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Banking).She is Member, Trade Finance Technical Working Group (Ghana) for the operationalisation of the Africa Free trade Continental Area (AfCFTA).
She holds an - Executive MBA (Entrepreneurial Management) from the University of Ghana Business School,Legon, - MA (Marketing Communications) from the University of Westminster Business School, UK - BA (Social Sciences) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
She is a: Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing - UK (FCIM) and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (FCIMG)
Nana Ama is the recipient of several awards and honours including Ghana Women of Excellence Award, Global Leadership Excellence Award, Outstanding Woman in Finance Award, and is the Global Chair (Exports and Credit) at the Women Economic Forum (WEF).[10] [11][12]
Bibliography
edit- Kwame Addo-Kufuor: Gold Coast Boy (A Memoir). Digibooks Ghana Ltd, 2015, ISBN 978-9988-2-1913-0.
References
edit- ^ "Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor (Former Minister of Defence/MP for Manhyia)". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ a b c Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004. p. 91.
- ^ a b c d Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 126.
- ^ a b c d FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Manhyia South Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Manhyia South Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Manhyia South Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - President". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Nana Ama Poku. [1]
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nana-ama-poku-fcimg-fcim-a3163519/
- ^ https://cbg.com.gh/nana-ama-poku-profile.html
- ^ https://yen.com.gh/179259-meet-ghanaian-female-banker-deputy-ceo-mba-18-years-experience.html