John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938)[1] is a Ghanaian politician who served as the tenth President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009.[2] He was the fifth Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008[3] and his victory over John Atta Mills at the end of Jerry Rawlings' second term marked the first transition of power in Ghana from a democratic party to another democratic party.[4]