Editing Edward Akufo-Addo (section)

{{short description|President of Ghana from 1970 to 1972}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Edward Akufo-Addo
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=GHA|JSC|size=100%}}
| image               = Akufo_Addo.jpg
| caption             = Edward Akufo-Addo
| order               = 4th
| office              = President of Ghana
| primeminister       = [[Kofi Abrefa Busia]]
| term_start          = 31 August 1970
| term_end            = 13 January 1972
| predecessor         = [[Nii Amaa Ollennu]] (acting)
| successor           = [[Ignatius Kutu Acheampong]] (as Head of State)
| order2              = 3rd
| office2             = Chief Justice of Ghana
| term_start2         = 1966
| term_end2           = 1970
| predecessor2        = [[J. Sarkodee-Addo]]
| successor2          = [[Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman]]
| president3          = [[Kwame Nkrumah]]
| predecessor3        = 
| successor3          = 
| order3              = &nbsp;Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Ghana]]
| term_start3         = 1962
| term_end3           = 1964
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1906|6|26|df=y}}
| birth_place         = Dodowa, [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1979|7|17|1906|6|26|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Accra]], [[Ghana]]
| constituency        = 
| party               = [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />[[United Gold Coast Convention]]
| spouse              = [[Adeline Sylvia Eugeina Ama Yeboakua Akufo-Addo|Adeline Y. Akufo-Addo]] (née Nana Yeboakua Ofori-Atta) (d. 2004)
| children            = 4, including [[Nana Akufo-Addo]]
| profession          = {{hlist|Judge|Lawyer}}
| blank1              = Religion
| data1               = [[Presbyterian]]
| nationality         = Ghanaian
| education           = [[Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong|Presbyterian Training College, Akropong]]<br />[[Achimota School|Achimota College]]<br />[[St Peter's College, Oxford]]<br />[[Middle Temple]]
| signature           = 
| footnotes           = *Ceremonial President with executive powers vested in Prime Minister
}}
'''Edward Akufo-Addo''' {{post-nominals|country=GHA|JSC}} (26 June 1906 – 17 July 1979)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Goldsworthy|first=David|date=1973|title=Ghana's Second Republic: A Post-Mortem|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/720579|journal=African Affairs|volume=72|issue=286|pages=8–25|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096326|jstor=720579|issn=0001-9909|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Ghana History Moments">{{Cite web|title=August 28, 1970: Edward Akuffo-Addo is named President of the 2nd Republic|url=https://www.eaumf.org/ejm-blog/2017/8/28/august-28-1970-edward-akuffo-addo-is-named-president-of-the-2nd-republic|date=28 August 2017|access-date=13 August 2020|work=Ghana History Moments|publisher=Edward A. Ulzen Memorial Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> was a Ghanaian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the "[[The Big Six (Ghana)|Big Six]]" leaders of the [[United Gold Coast Convention|United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC)]] and one of the founding fathers of Ghana who engaged in the fight for Ghana's independence.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ghana pays tribute to founders' - Graphic Online|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/ghana-pays-tribute-to-founders.html|first=Timothy|last= Ngnenbe|date=4 August 2020|access-date=5 August 2020|website=www.graphic.com.gh|language=en-gb}}</ref> He became the [[Chief Justice of Ghana|Chief Justice]] (1966–70), and later [[ceremonial presidency|ceremonial]] [[Heads of state of Ghana|President]] (1970–72), of the Republic of Ghana.<ref name=GhanaWeb>{{cite web|title=Edward Akufo-Addo|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/pop-up.php?ID=123|publisher=Ghana Web|access-date=30 January 2014}}</ref> He is the father of the former (executive) President of Ghana, [[Nana Addo Akufo-Addo]].<ref>{{ cite web | url= 
https://www.modernghana.com/amp/news/1021213/big-six-enduring-lessons-from-the-founding-father.html | title= Big Six Enduring Lessons From The Founding Fathers Of Ghana | date= 6 August 2020 | access-date=27 August 2021 }}</ref>