Mark Diamond Nii Addy was a schoolmaster and politician in
Ghana
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Mark Diamond Addy, manager of the
Accra City Secondary School, launched the National
Reconstruction Party on 2 May 1969. Later that month the NRP merged with
William Kofi Lutterodt
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People's Popular Party
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[Moses Danquah, ''The birth of the Second Republic'', 1969, pp. 78-79] Ten years later, Addy ran as an independent candidate in the
1979 Presidential election finishing in 9th place with just 0.33% of the total votes.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Candidates for President of Ghana
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