Akufo-Addo, Edward, 1906-1979
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Addo, E. Akuffo (Edward Akuffo), 1906-1979
Addo, Edward Akuffo, 1906-1979
Akuffo-Addo, Edward, 1906-1979
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found: Lives of five great Ghanaian leaders, c1997:t.p. (Mr. E. Akuffo Addo) p. 18 (Mr. Edward Akuffo Addo; b. at Akwapim Akropong in the Eastern Region of Ghana in 1906) p. 20 (sworn in on 08/31/1970 as the first president of the 2nd Republic; d. in 1979)
found: Sessional address, 1971:cover (delivered by Mr. Edward Akufo-Addo, president of the Republic of Ghana, at the state opening of the third session of the first parliament of the Second Republic)
found: Hist. dict. of Ghana, 2005(Akufo-Addo, Edward (1906-1979); pres. of the Second Republic)
found: African bibliographical index, 1999(Akufo-Addo, Edward, 1906-1979)
found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed October 26, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Akuffo-Addo, Edward; lawyer, chief judge, president of Ghana; born 26 June 1906 in Dodowa, Ghana; graduated with honors in philosophy and politics from Saint Peter's College, Oxford University (1933); was a doctor of civil law at Oxford University (1971); was called to the Middle Temple Bar in London (1940); returned to the Gold Coast to start a private legal practice in Accra (1941); cofounded the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) (1947); arrested and detained by the colonial authorities (1948); member of the Gold Coast Legislative Council (1949-1950); judge at the Supreme Court of Ghana (1962-1964); chief justice of Ghana's Supreme Court (1966-1970); chairman of the constitutional commission established to draft the 1969 Second Republican Constitution for Ghana (1968); head of the political commission of the National Liberation Council (NLC); president of Ghana (1970-1972); died 17 July 1979 in Accra, Ghana)
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2001-09-05: new
2015-04-07: revised
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