Percival Kofi Akpaloo is a Ghanaian politician. He is the leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana. He was also the party's presidential candidate for the

2020 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was re-elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes. Former President John Dramani Mahama announce ...

Education

Akpaloo studied at South Bank University to obtain

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and

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. He also has ACCA in accounting from Emile Woolf College, London.

Politics

Independent People's Party

Akpaloo founded the Independent People's Party (IPP) in 2011. He was the leader of the party when it contested the

2012 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on Friday 7 December 2012 to elect a president and members of Parliament in 275 electoral constituencies. Owing to the breakdown of some biometric verification machines, some voters could not vote, and voting ...

but won no seats. He was disqualified from contesting the

2016 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2016 to elect a President of Ghana, President and all 275 Members of Parliament of Ghana, Parliament. They had originally been scheduled for 7 November 2016, but the date was later rejected by P ...

as the presidential candidate of the party by the

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, a decision he unsuccessfully contested in court.

Liberal Party of Ghana

Akpaloo dissolved the IPP and formed the Liberal Party of Ghana in its stead in March 2017. He was selected by the party to stand as its presidential candidate in the

on 7 December 2020. Margaret Obrian Sarfo was chosen as his running mate

Personal life

Akpaloo grew up in a big family and had a big family of his own with 6 children.In August 2024, Akpaloo garnered media headlines for saying that any man that sought to marry Akpaloo's daughter must first impregnate her. In an interview with Kingdom FM, he explained that having a child before marriage will show a man's seriousness and commitment to be with his daughter.

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