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The current Attorney General is Dominic Akuritinga Ayine. He was appointed by President John Mahama in 2025. [2] Betty Mould-Iddrisu was the first woman to be appointed as Attorney-General in Ghana. She was appointed by President John Atta Mills and was in office between 2009 and 2011. [3]
Archibald Lartey Djabatey [1] was a Ghanaian lawyer and former Attorney General of Ghana. Djabatey hailed from Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He received his bachelor of laws degree from the University of London and was called to the Ghanaian Bar in 1964. Following his call to the bar, he subsequently became a State Attorney and ...
He was called to the English bar in 1954. He returned to Ghana after his research studies in 1956 to enter into private legal practice. In 1962 he joined the University of Ghana as a research fellow in history. This stint ended in 1966 when he went back into private practice. [1] He was president of the Ghana Bar Association in 1970–1971.
Attorneys general of the Gold Coast (British colony) (5 P) Pages in category "Attorneys general of Ghana" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The Ministry of Justice was created in 1951 after the Lidbury Commission was established to come up with recommendations upon reviewing the Gold Coast Civil Service. [2] The commission established that the establishment of ministries by the then newly established Gold Coast government, headed by Kwame Nkrumah (then Prime Minister and Head of Government Business), was to be modelled under the ...
In 1955 Crabbe joined the Attorney-General's Department of Ghana as an Assistant Crown Counsel. Together with the New Zealand lawyer Fred Boyce, he drafted the legislations, Ordinances and Acts of Parliament which were passed by the National Assembly on the eve of 6 March 1957 for Ghana's Independence. [9] [10]
The Chief Justice of Ghana currently in office is the chairperson for the council. The council also includes the three most senior members of the Supreme Court of Ghana; the Attorney General of Ghana and his or her nominee; and the President, Vice President, and secretary of the Ghana Bar Association. [3]
Dame is a member of the New Patriotic Party.In March 2017, he was appointed by President Akufo-Addo to serve as deputy Attorney General and deputy Minister of Justice. [7] [8] On 21 January 2021, after his party retained power in the December 2020 election, he was elevated to the position of substantive Attorney General and Minister of Justice to replace Gloria Akuffo.