The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists

Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung

JOHN KUFUOR

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AGE: 69
OCCUPATION: President of Ghana
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: Having effected the first bloodless power transfer in Ghana since independence, Kufuor has the political capital to call Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe "embarrassing" and weigh in on Kenya's political unrest.

CON: For every Kufuor in Africa, it seems there are six Mugabes. Ghana's peace and relative prosperity don't seem to be having a steady domino effect on its neighbors.

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