The following is the profile of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as provided by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA).
Date of Birth: 29th March 1944
Place of Birth: Swalaba, Accra, Greater Accra Region
Family: Married to Rebecca Akufo-Addo (nee Griffiths-Randolph). He has five children.

Education
* Lancing College, Sussex, England
* University of Ghana, Legon 1964-1967: B.Sc (Econs)
* English Bar (Middle Temple): July, 1971
* Ghanaian Bar: July, 1975

Work Experience
* Associate Counsel, Coudert Frees Law Firm, Paris, France: 1971-1975
* Junior Member of the Chambers of U.V. Campbell Law Firm, Ghana: 1975-1979
* Senior Partner & Co-Founder of Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co. Law Firm: 1979-2001

Special Appointments
* Vice President, Greater Accra Regional Branch of Ghana Bar Association 1989-1991
* President, Greater Accra Branch of Ghana Bar
Association 1991-1996
* Member, General Legal Council 1991-1996/2001-2003
* Member, Judicial Council 2001-2003

Political Career
* NPP Member of Parliament for Abuakwa Constituency 1997-2005
* NPP Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South Constituency 2005 to date
* Attorney General and Minister of Justice 2001-2003
* Minister of Foreign Affairs 2003-2007

Dr. (Alhaji) Mahamadou Bawumia, vice presidential candidate

Date of Birth: 7th October, 1963
Place of Birth: Nalerigu in the Northern Region
Family: Dr Bawumia is married to Samira Bawumia. He has three children

Education
* Sakasaka Primary School, Tamale
* Tamale Secondary School, Tamale
* Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (ACIB) with distinctions in Banking Law, Monetary Economics, Accounting and Banking
* Bachelor's Degree in Economics at the Buckingham
University, UK
* M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Oxford, UK
(Lincoln College)
PhD in economics from the Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Work Experience
* Lecturer, Emile Woolf College of Accountancy, London,
England
* Assistant Professor, Hankamer School of Business,
Baylor University, Texas, USA
* Economist, International Monetary Fund, Research
Department, Washington D.C
* Senior Economist and Head of Economic Analysis, Bank of
Ghana Research Department
* Head, Monetary Policy and Financial Stability
Department, Bank of Ghana and Special Assistant to the
Governor
* Chairman of the Capital Markets Committee
* Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana