[30], On 21 September 2009, he delivered the prestigious Legatum Pericles Lecture at the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [citation needed]. It is within this context that in Africa in general and in West Africa in particular, a good neighbourliness policy has been pursued, which saw Ghana under Kufuor brokering peace in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau, among other African states. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. kropka: { See How To Advertise. By 1969 he was a member of Parliament and deputy foreign minister in the government of Kofi Busia. Mr. John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor, the former civilian President of Ghana, is dead. Kufuor and his family reside in Accra, Ghana's capital. [4], He was initially employed at the Ghana Commercial Bank in London as a Manager and Legal Officer. He died in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday morning following surgical operation on his spine. His social vision was focused on unleashing the entrepreneurial, creative and innovative potential of Ghanaians as a means of creating wealth and hence dealing with the social challenges facing them. Speaking to Citi News, an aide to the former president, Dr. Kwabena Osei Adubofour . He was succeeded by Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania on 31 January 2008. We celebrate with you as you chalk 83 today. You are a living legend. 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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. We reproduce a translated transcript.Peace FM: Mr. President, how are you?Kufour: Im fine.Peace Fm: Mr President where are you now?Kufuor: Im outside the country. An aspiring flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Kwadwo Poku has said former President Kufuor's administration restored hope and stabilized the economy. 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