New Patriotic Party
Leader	Peter Mac Manu[1]
Headquarters	Accra
Ideology	Liberalism
International affiliation	International Democrat Union (associate member)
Official colors	Red, Blue and White
Website
http://www.npp-ghana.org/

The New Patriotic Party is the liberal democratic party in Ghana and one of two dominant parties in Ghanaian politics. The party is center-right, its leading rival being the National Democratic Congress^{[citation needed]}. It supplied former president John Agyekum Kufuor. At the elections, held on 7 December 2004, the party won 129 out of 230 seats.^[2] The NPP candidate was John Kufuor, who was re-elected president with 52.75% of the vote. The party symbol is the elephant and the party colors are red, white, and blue. The New Patriotic Party Ministers made a speech at the 2008 Conservative Party Conference.

Later in that year, the NPP candidate, Nana Akuffo-Addo lost the elections in a closely contested run off. With Akuffo-Addo receiving 49.77% of the votes, versus 50.23% of the votes going to Atta Mills, the NDC flag bearer.

• Bernard Ohemeng Baah
• Bernard Monarh
• Abraham Ossei Aidooh
• Alan Kyerematen
• Papa Owusu-Ankomah
• Yaw Osafo-Maafo
• Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
• J.H. Mensah
• Dan Kweku Botwe

[edit] See also

• Kufuor government
• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy
• Dr. J. B. Danquah

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.npp-ghana.org/

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