Please answer the following question: What key details about john kufuor can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: john kofi agyekum kufuor -lrb- born 8 december 1938 -rrb- is a retired ghanaian politician and statesman who served as the second president of the fourth republic of ghana -lrb- 2001 -- 09 -rrb- and chairperson of the african union -lrb- 2007 -- 08 -rrb- . his victory over john atta mills after the end of jerry rawlings ' second term marked the first peaceful democratic transition of power in ghana since the country 's independence in 1957 . kufuor 's career has been spent on the liberal-democratic side of ghanaian politics , in the parties descended from the united gold coast convention and the united party . he was a minister in kofi abrefa busia 's progress party government during ghana 's second republic , and a popular front party opposition frontbencher during the third republic . in the fourth republic he stood as the new patriotic party 's candidate at the 1996 election , and then led it to victory in 2000 and 2004 . having served two terms , in 2008 he was no longer eligible for the presidency .
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- party is new patriotic party- predecessor is jerry john rawlings denis sassou-nguesso- birth date is 08 december 1938- profession is lawyer , businessman- order is president republic -rrb- of ghana -lrb- 2nd president of the 4th- vicepresident is aliu mahama- spouse is theresa kufour- office is chairperson atwima nwabiagya -lrb- 3rd republic -rrb- member of parliament for of atwima nwabiagya -lrb- 2nd republic -rrb- the african union member of parliament for- term end is 7 13 january 1972 january 2009 31 january 2008 31 december 1981- name is john kufuor- birth place is kumasi , colony of the gold coast- successor is john atta mills jakaya kikwete- brother is kwame -rrb- , 2001 -- 07 -rrb- addo-kufuor -lrb- former minister of defence -lrb- ghana- alma mater is exeter 64 -rrb- , prempeh college -lrb- 1954 -- 58 -rrb- college , university of oxford -lrb- 1961 --- children is 5- term start is 7 1 october 1969 january 2001 30 january 2007 24 september 1979- image is john kufuor.jpg- religion is roman catholicism