Attorney General of Ghana

Attorney General of Ghana banɛ tʋʋma an ye ba sa’al Ghana gɔmena wada suor. Attorney general an dinɛ lɛn gɔsid Ministry of Justice ya’as. Attorney General lɛm paas General Legal Council dinɛ gɔsid legal practice Ghana.[1]

Attorney General of Ghana
position
Subclass ofattorney general Dɛmisim gbɛlima
CountryGhana Dɛmisim gbɛlima
Female form of labelprocureure générale du Ghana Dɛmisim gbɛlima

Onɛ an Attorney General nananna anɛ Mr. Godfred Yeboah Dame.[2] Zuraan Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo da gaŋ o yʋʋm tusa ayi nɛ pisi nɛ yinne (2021).

Kanl Minister ɔfis kpɛn’ɛb ɔfis yiib Gɔmena Na’adɔɔg
1 G. M. Paterson[3][4] 6 March 1957 August 1957 Nkrumah government Convention People's Party
2 Geoffrey Bing[5][6] 7 August 1957 29 August 1961[7]
3 George Commey Mills-Odoi 30 September 1961 1962[7]
4 Bashiru Kwaw-Swanzy[8] 3 September 1962[9] 24 February 1966
5 Victor Owusu 1966 April 1969 National Liberation Council Military government
6 Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade April 1969 September 1969
14 September 1969 January 1971[7] Busia government Progress Party
7 Victor Owusu January 1971 12 January 1972
8 Edward Nathaniel Moore 13 January 1972 8 October 1975 National Redemption Council Military government
9 Dr. Gustav Koranteng-Addow 9 October 1975 January 1979[10] Supreme Military Council Military government
10 Austin N. E. Amissah 1 January 1979 23 September 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council Military government
11 Joe Reindorf 24 September 1979 August 1981 Limann government People's National Party
12 A. L. Djabatey 1 October 1981 31 December 1981
13 G. E. K. Aikins 25 June 1982 1988 Provisional National Defence Council Military government
14 E. G. Tanoh[11] 14 December 1988 1 April 1993
15 Anthony Forson 1 March 1993 30 October 1993 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
Obed Asamoah (Acting AG) November 1993 May 1997
16 Obed Asamoah May 1997 6 January 2001
17 Nana Akufo-Addo 1 February 2001[12] 24 April 2003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
18 Papa Owusu-Ankomah 1 April 2003[13] 2005
19 J. Ayikoi Otoo 1 February 2005[14] 2006
20 Joe Ghartey 16 June 2006 7 January 2009[15]
21 Betty Mould-Iddrisu [1st female][16] 2009 2011 Mills government National Democratic Congress
22 Martin Amidu 4 January 2011[17] 2012
23 Benjamin Kunbuor 25 January 2012[18] 24 October 2012
24 October 2012 7 January 2013 Mahama government
24 Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong February 2013[19] 7 January 2017
25 Gloria Akuffo February 2017[20] January 2021 Akuffo Addo government New Patriotic Party
26 Godfred Yeboah Dame January 2021[21] current
  1. http://www.glc.gov.gh/about-us/council-members/
  2. http://citifmonline.com/2021/01/10/Godfred-Yeboah-Dame-nominated-as-attorney-general/
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9988-8097-8-6
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=9RMEAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22G.+M.+Paterson%22+%22attorney+general%22&pg=PA147
  5. http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/printPerson/98
  6. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124104
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20190609101245/http://www.mojagd.gov.gh/past-ministers
  8. https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Kwaw-Zwanzy-Passes-Away-1925
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=yjcigVfqIJYC&dq=kwao%20suande&pg=RA12-PA14
  10. https://books.google.com/books?id=bLbiAAAAMAAJ&q=replace+koranteng+attorney+general+january+1979
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20230609121453/https://mojagd.gov.gh/past-ministers/
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20230609121453/https://mojagd.gov.gh/past-ministers/
  13. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=34819
  14. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=74556
  15. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=103354
  16. https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/First-woman-Attorney-General-Sworn-In-158328
  17. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=200624
  18. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=228495
  19. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=264820
  20. http://citifmonline.com/2017/01/10/gloria-akuffo-nominated-as-attorney-general/
  21. https://www.graphic.com.gh/features/features/profile-meet-godfred-dame-attorney-general-minister-designate-for-justice.html