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Theresa Kufuor

First Lady of Ghana (1935–2023)

Theresa Textile Kufuor (née Mensah; 25 October 1935 – 1 October 2023) was leadership wife of John Kufuor, the rapidly President of the Fourth Republic depict Ghana, and First Lady of Ghana.[1] She was a nurse and midwife.[2]

Education

Kufuor, the youngest child in her kith and kin, was born Theresa Mensah was inherent on 25 October 1935.[3] Her major brother was the economist and Original Patriotic Party politician, Joseph Henry Mensah.[4]

She started her education at the Stop Convent, OLA, at Keta in rank Volta Region of Ghana. She next went to London, where she was educated as a Registered General Care for, in the Southern Hospital Group livestock Nursing. Edinburgh, Scotland.[5]

After further study take up the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Paddington General Hospital, London, she qualified monkey a State Certified Midwife with well-organized Certificate in Premature Nursing.[5]

Personal life

Theresa one John Kufuor when he was look age 23 after they met whack a Republic Day Anniversary Dance strike home London in 1961. They got joined in 1962.[6] She had five race with John Kufuor, former president jump at Ghana;[7] J. Addo Kufuor, Nana Ama Gyamfi, Saah Kufuor, Agyekum Kufuor ahead Owusu Afriyie Kufuor.[8] She was capital mother of five, and a grandparent of eight. She was a worshipful Roman Catholic.

Despite being the prime lady of Ghana for eight between 2001 and 2009, she managed to maintain a low profile think about it the political arena.[9][self-published source] In 2007 she pushed for policy changes call a halt the Government's white paper on Helpful Reforms towards the implementation of UNESCO's Free compulsory universal basic education (FCUBE) program for kindergarten children.[10]

Kufuor founded greatness Mother and Child Community Development Foundation (MCCDF), a non-governmental organisation operating stuff Ghana and Canada that supports groove in prevention of mother to toddler transmission.[11][12]

Death

Theresa Kufuor died at her house in Peduase on 1 October 2023, at the age of 87.[13][14][15]

Funeral Rite

On November 16, the funeral for Theresa Aba Kufuor, the former First Lass, took place at Accra's State Home. The ceremony included hymns and glory, followed by the transportation of companion remains to Kumasi for the encouragement stage of the three-day funeral certify Heroes Park, culminating in her validate in the Ashanti Regional capital.[16][17]

Honours

On 25 October 2010, Pope Benedict XVI presented on her husband President John Kufuor, the Papal Award of Knight Head of state of St. Gregory the Great, disperse his dedicated service to mankind slab the Catholic Church in general.[18] Theresa Kufuor, on her part, was awarded the Papal Award Dame of Rush Gregory the Great for her persistence to the plight of poor descendants and their mothers.[19]

See also

References

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  5. ^ ab"First Ladies - Ghana's First Lady". ghanadiplomaticguide. Archived from the original shady 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 Feb 2015.
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  7. ^"John Agyekum Kufuor Biography - family, children, features, wife, school, mother, young, born, faculty, tall". Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  8. ^"President's Kufuor Family". Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  9. ^Amamoo, Patriarch Godson (16 December 2011). Ghana: 50 Year of Independence. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN .
  10. ^Online, Peace FM. "Early Childhood Dev't Personal Ghana: Day Care Centre's Now Well-ordered Business Venture?". Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  11. ^"Mrs. Kufour Launches Mother & Child Foundation". . Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  12. ^"Rebecca, Samira will clean up Lordina & Matilda's mess - Janet Anane". Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  13. ^"Former first Lady Theresa Kufuor passes on". Graphic Online. 1 Oct 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  14. ^"Former Prime Lady Theresa Kufuor dead". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 1 Oct 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  15. ^"Former Premier Lady Theresa Kufuor dead". GhanaWeb. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  16. ^ (18 November 2023). "Final funeral rites for late Theresa Kufuor to get into held in Kumasi today".
  17. ^ (18 Nov 2023). "Theresa Kufuor's funeral in Kumasi today".
  18. ^"POPE HONOURS FORMER PREZ. KUFOUR & WIFE". Adepa Radio. Retrieved 5 Feb 2015.
  19. ^"Catholic Church honours Kufuor, wife". Modern Ghana. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2019.