New Patriotic Party
political party, Ghana
Also known as: NPP
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history of Ghana
- In Ghana: Democratic stability
…John Agyekum Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the first peaceful transfer of power between democratically elected governments since Ghanaian independence in 1957; Kufuor was reelected in 2004.
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role of Kufuor
- In John Kufuor
He helped found the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and in 1996 became the party’s candidate for president. Though Kufuor lost to Rawlings in the national election that year, the NPP nominated him again to stand in the December 2000 election. Kufuor ran on a platform that emphasized improving the…
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