PERSONAL DETAILS
| Name: | John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor |
| Date of birth: | 8 December 1938 |
| Home Town: | Daaban |
| Political Party: | New Patriotic Party |
| Constituency / District / Municipal / Metropolitan: | Atwima Nwabiagya |
| Marital Status: | Married with Children |
| Religion: | |
| Nationality: | Ghanaian |
EDUCATION
| Institution | Country (City) | Programme | Date Completed |
| Kumasi Government School | Ghana (Asem) | ||
| Osei Tutu Senior High School | 1951 -1953 | ||
| Prempeh College | 1954 – 1958 | ||
| Lincoln’s Inn | London | law | 1959 – 1961 |
| Exeter College, Oxford | 1964 |
POLITICAL PROFILE
| Position | Duration (Period) | Remarks |
| President of Ghana | 7 January 2001 – 7 January 2009 | 10th (Tenth) President |
| Deputy foreign minister | 1969 | Government of Kofi Abrefa Busia |
| Member of Parliament | Atwima Nwabiagya | |
| Member of Parliament | 1969 – 1972 | Atwima Nwabiagya |
| Member of Parliament | 1979 – 1981 | Atwima Nwabiagya |
| Progress Party | Founding member | |
| Chairperson of the African Union | 30 January 2007 – 31 January 2008 | Fifth (5th) |
| Deputy Opposition Leader | Popular Front Party (PFP) | |
| Secretary for Local Government | ||
| Chairman of the regional grouping (ECOWAS) | 2003 and 2004 | Two consecutive terms |
EXPERIENCE
| Institution | Industry | Board | Position | Period | Duration | Remarks |
| Ghana Commercial Bank | Manager / Legal Officer | 1964 | London |
| Chambers of Victor Owusu | Practitioner | ||
| Kumasi City Council (now Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly) | Town clerk / chief legal officer | 1966 | Ghana |
| Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club | Chairman | ||
| United Grand Lodge of England Freemasons | Senior Grand Warden | ||
| SNV Netherlands Development Organization International Advisory Board | Member | 2009 | |
| Interpeace | Governing Council Chairman | since October 2009 | an international peace-building organisation based in Geneva |
| Modernization of World Bank Group Governance | High Level Commission | ||
| John Agyekum Kufuor (JAK) Foundation | Founder | 20 September 2011 |
ACHIEMENT | HONOR
| Wrote the Local Government Policy Guidelines | The foundation of the current decentralized District Assemblies | ||
| National Health Insurance Scheme | |||
| National Ambulance Service | |||
| Built more than 205 hospitals and clinics | |||
| State-of-the-art emergency centre | @Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital | ||
| Free maternal health care in public hospitals | for all expectant mothers | ||
| Institutionalised the capitation grant | at the basic level | ||
| Introduced the national school feeding programme | |||
| Changed the Senior Secondary School curriculum (3 to 4 years) | Renamed it Senior High School | ||
| Launched the Microfinance and Small Loans Program (MASLOC) | |||
| Introduced the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Program (LEAP) | |||
| Renovated the Accra Sports Stadium | to host the CAN 2008 | ||
| Renovated Baba Yara Stadium | to host the CAN 2008 | ||
| Built the Essipong | 2008 | to host the CAN 2008 | |
| Tamale stadiums | 2008 | to host the CAN 2008 | |
| Ghana obtained a record $500 million grant from the U.S Millennium Challenge Account for economic development | Under Kufour’s good governance | ||
| Ghana qualified for the World Cup | 2006 | Under Kufour’s good governance | |
| World Food Prize | 2011 |