Nana Akufo-Addo, the 5th President of the Republic of Ghana, is a prominent figure in the political landscape of the country. Born on March 29, 1944, in Swalaba, Accra, Nana Akufo-Addo has had a long and distinguished career in politics. He comes from a lineage of political elites, as his father was a prominent Ghanaian politician, Edward Akufo-Addo, who served as the President of Ghana from 1969 to 1972.