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First female Attorney General of Ghana Betty Nah-Akuyea Mould-Iddrisu (born 22 March 1953 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ) is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician . A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), she was Minister for Education in Ghana from 2011 to 2012, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] after serving as Attorney General and Minister for Justice from 2009 to 2011.
The Attorney General of Ghana is the chief legal advisor to the Ghanaian government. The attorney general is also responsible for the Ministry of Justice. The Attorney General also serves as a member of the General Legal Council which regulates legal practice in Ghana. [1]
George Commey Mills-Odoi (29 June 1916 – 4 August 1988) was the first Ghanaian Attorney General of the Republic of Ghana.He was a supreme court judge and the first Ghanaian to hold the dual offices of Solicitor-General and Director of Public Prosecutions.
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.
The first batch of ministers in the NDC government were sworn in on 13 January 2009. [15] Betty Mould-Iddrisu who was initially out of the country was later sworn in as Ghana's first female Attorney General and Minister for Justice.
During the First Republic, he was detained under the Preventive Detention Act (1958) by the Kwame Nkrumah government. He was released after the 24 February 1966 coup d'état that brought in the military National Liberation Council (NLC) government. He was appointed Attorney General and Minister for Justice by the NLC.
Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade (1927–2013) was a former supreme court judge and Attorney-General of Ghana. [2] [3] He was first appointed to the Supreme Court in 1980 and became acting chief justice from 1990 to 1991. He was the Attorney General of Ghana between April 1969 to February 1971 in the National Liberation Council administration and Busia ...
Tanoh was born on 30 August 1925 at Agona Nsaba in the Central Region of Ghana. [1] He had his early education at the Presbyterian Primary School at Agona Nsaba from 1931 to 1933 and at the Presbyterian Primary School at Agona Nyakrom from 1934 to 1936. [1]