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John Agyekum Kufuor

2nd President of 4th Republic

Tenure
7 January 2001 – 7 January 2009
Born
8 December 1938, Kumasi
// Achievements

What they delivered for Ghana

  • Launched the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003
  • Introduced the Ghana School Feeding Programme and the Capitation Grant
  • Oversaw the first major HIPC debt-relief deal and macroeconomic stability
  • Hosted the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations — built/upgraded 4 stadiums
  • Won the World Food Prize (2011) for cutting hunger in half
// Controversies & scandals

Public-record allegations

Summaries of widely reported matters · not verdicts

  • Ghana@50 celebration spending — subject of later Senchi Commission of enquiry; his son's role investigated
  • Hotel Kufuor controversy — questions about financing of his private hotel
  • Allegations of large-scale judgement debts paid at the end of his term
// End of tenure

Peacefully handed over to President-elect John Atta Mills after NPP lost the 2008 election.

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