Edward Akufo-Addo
Edward Akufo-Addo | |
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Edward Akufo-Addo | |
| 4th President of Ghana | |
| In office 31 August 1970 – 13 January 1972 | |
| Prime Minister | Kofi Abrefa Busia |
| Preceded by | Nii Amaa Ollennu (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (as Head of State) |
| 3rd Chief Justice of Ghana | |
| In office 1966–1970 | |
| Preceded by | J. Sarkodee-Addo |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana | |
| In office 1962–1964 | |
| President | Kwame Nkrumah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1906 Dodowa, Gold Coast |
| Died | 17 July 1979 (aged 73) Accra, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | Independent United Gold Coast Convention |
| Spouse | Adeline Y. Akufo-Addo (née Nana Yeboakua Ofori-Atta) (d. 2004) |
| Children | 4, including Nana Akufo-Addo |
| Education | Presbyterian Training College, Akropong Achimota College St Peter's College, Oxford Middle Temple |
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| Religion | Presbyterian |
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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 Coast Convention (UGCC) and one of the founding fathers of Ghana who engaged in the fight for Ghana's independence. He became the Chief Justice (1966–70), and later ceremonial President (1970–72), of the Republic of Ghana. He is the father of the former (executive) President of Ghana, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo.