Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice & Attorney General's Office of Ghana gɔsid legal matters zaŋi keŋ teŋ tuon gatib ka lɛn sɔbid wada nam. Attorney Generali gɔsid civil cases ka vɔlisid nidib ka ba pʋ tʋm bɛ’ɛd Ghana. Ministry of Justice da pin’ilnɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yinne la ni (1951) dɔlisid Lidbury Commission da pian’ di yɛla sʋm si’em la ka Attorney General mɛ pin’il yʋʋm tusir, kɔbisnii nɛ pisyɔpɔi nɛ yɔpɔi la ni (1877).^[1]

Attorney Generali gɔsid Ministry of Justice.

Labakʋda

Ministry of Justice da pin’ilnɛ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yinne la ni (1951) ban da maal Lidbury Commission ye di maal vɛɛnsʋg ka mɔri di pʋtɛn’ɛr na ka ba tiak Gold Coast Civil Service.^[2] Ba da maal lʋgʋr la dɔlisid Gold Coast government, ka Kwame Nkrumah (Prime Minister and Head of Government Business), da yɔ’ɔsid lʋga kɔn’ɔb kɔn’ɔb ye di nwɛnɛ British Home Office. Ministry of Justice da yɔ’ɔgya ka P. F. Branigan, onɛ an English expatriate la da aan di tuon gat.^[3] Ministry la da paasnɛ Attorney General ka da gɔsid Attorney General department tʋʋma. Ministry la da yuolim kilim Ministry of Justice and Attorney General. Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ naasi la ni (1954) All African government da maal Gold Coast la, Ministry of Justice da nan kae. Di da la’asnɛ nɛ Ministry of Interior, ka ministry yʋ’ʋr da an; Ministry of Interior.^[4]

Yʋʋm tusir, kɔbis wai nɛ pisnu nɛ yuobʋ la ni (1956), gɔmena paali da di la dɔlisid ban da lɛn vɔɔti Kwame Nkrumah ye o an Prime Minister, Ministry of Interior yʋ’ʋn da tiaki an Ministry of Interior and Justice, ka Ebenezer Ako-Adjei da an lʋgʋr la kpɛɛm, onɛ da an yiiga Ghana ninkanɛ da gɔsid ministry Ghana da paami asʋ‘o-m-mɛŋ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yɔpɔi nwadisa atan la ni (March 1957). Ghana da paami asʋ‘o-m-mɛŋ yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yɔpɔi nwadisa atan la ni (March 1957) la, Ministry of Interior and Justice da buaki ayi kilim Ministry of Justice (yʋ’ʋn liebi di mɛŋ ministry) nɛ Ministry Interior. Sankaŋa, Ministry of Justice da pʋ lɛn gɔsid Attorney General department ya’as nwɛnɛ Ministry for the Attorney General da pin’il yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ yɔpɔi nwadisa anii daba ayɔpɔi daar la (7 August 1957) ka Geoffrey Bing aan di zuraan. Ako-Adjei yʋ’ʋn da kilim yiiga Minister of Justice tis Ghana din yi yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ ayɔpɔi la ni (1957) paae yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ anii la ni (1958). Ministry da gɔsid Land Boundaries Settlement Commission, financial and ministerial dɔlisid Supreme Court, local court and Customary Law, nɛ foreign processes.^[5] yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisnu nɛ anii la ni (1958), ministry da paasnɛ Ministry of Local Government ka Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta da an onɛ aan di tuon. Ministry da yuolim buak yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nwadoisa awai la ni (September 1961) yʋ’ʋn kilimi di mɛŋ Ministry, Ministry of Local Government da la’asnɛ nɛ Ministry of Interior ka Kwaku Boateng an zuraan.^[6] Ofori-Atta da kpɛn an Minister for Justice din yi yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ yinne la ni (1961) ken paae yʋʋm tusir, kɔbiswai nɛ pisyuobʋ nɛ anu la ni (1965) ba da gaŋi o ye o an Speaker of Parliament la. Ministry of Justice da lɛn la’asnɛ nɛ ministry for Attorney General. Attorney General da tiaki kilim Minister of Justice and Attorney General.^[7] Ministry of Attorney General kpɛɛm da anɛ B. E. Kwaw-Swanzy. Din yi sankani paae zina Ministry of the Attorney General yʋ’ʋn la’asnɛ nɛ Ministry of Justice.

Judicial service da gaŋ Mrs Regina Ayerko Apotsi ye o an yiiga pʋ’a tʋm Judicial Secretary tʋʋma (13th). Labaar la da yinɛ Adbullah Iddrisu, onɛ an Acting Deputy Judicial Secretary. O da pin’il tʋʋma nɛ yʋʋm tusa yi nɛ anaasi nwadis piinɛ ayi la yiiga daar (December 1, 2004).

Minister nam

Number	Minister	Portfolio	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1	Ebenezer Ako-Adjei	Minister for Interior and Justice	1956	August 1957	Nkrumah government	Convention People's Party
1	Ebenezer Ako-Adjei	Minister for Justice	August 1957	1958
2	Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta	Minister for Justice and Local Government	1958	September 1961
2	Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta	Minister for Justice	September 1961	1965
3	Bashiru Kwaw-Swanzy	Minister for Justice and Attorney General	1965	February 1966
4	Victor Owusu		1966	April 1969	National Liberation Council	Military government
5	Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade		April 1969	September 1969	National Liberation Council	Military government
5	Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade		14 September 1969	January 1971^[8]	Busia government	Progress Party
6	Victor Owusu		January 1971	12 January 1972	Busia government	Progress Party
7	Edward Nathaniel Moore		13 January 1972	8 October 1975	National Redemption Council	Military government
8	Gustav Koranteng-Addow		9 October 1975	January 1979^[9]	Supreme Military Council	Military government
9	Austin N. E. Amissah		1 January 1979	23 September 1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council	Military government
10	Joe Reindorf		24 September 1979	August 1981	Limann government	People's National Party
11	A. L. Djabatey		1 October 1981	31 December 1981	Limann government	People's National Party
12	G. E. K. Aikins		25 June 1982	1988	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
13	A. O. Tanoh		14 December 1988	1 April 1993	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
14	Anthony Forson		1 March 1993	30 October 1993	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
	Obed Asamoah (Acting AG)		November 1993	May 1997
15	Obed Asamoah		May 1997	6 January 2001
16	Nana Akufo-Addo		1 February 2001^[10]	24 April 2003	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
17	Papa Owusu-Ankomah		1 April 2003^[11]	2005
18	J. Ayikoi Otoo		1 February 2005^[12]	2006
19	Joe Ghartey		16 June 2006	7 January 2009^[13]
20	Betty Mould-Iddrisu [1st female]^[14]		2009	2011	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
21	Martin Amidu		4 January 2011^[15]	2012
22	Benjamin Kunbuor		25 January 2012^[16]	24 October 2012
22	Benjamin Kunbuor		24 October 2012	7 January 2013	Mahama government
23	Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong		February 2013^[17]	7 January 2017	Mahama government
24	Gloria Akuffo		February 2017^[18]	January 2021	Akuffo Addo government	New Patriotic Party
25	Godfred Yeboah Dame		January 2021	Incumbent	Akuffo Addo government	New Patriotic Party

Gbanvɛɛnsa

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20211127055930/https://mojagd.gov.gh/about-ministry

[2] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=GYpCAQAAIAAJ&q=lidbury

[3] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=VjyKe1lgIfAC&q=p+f+branigan

[4] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=E94xAAAAMAAJ&q=Attorney+merged

[5] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=vu42AAAAIAAJ&q=boundaries%C2%A0+&pg=PA13

[6] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=GBOBvXp00McC&q=Chiefs+local++interior+combined+form+ministry

[7] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=fwpIAQAAIAAJ&q=Swanzy+Justice+Attorney+general+

[8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190609101245/http://www.mojagd.gov.gh/past-ministers

[9] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=bLbiAAAAMAAJ&q=replace+koranteng+attorney+general+january+1979

[10] ttp://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=13359

[11] ttp://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=34819

[12] ttp://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=74556

[13] ttp://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=103354

[14] ttps://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/First-woman-Attorney-General-Sworn-In-158328

[15] ttp://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=200624

[16] ttp://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=228495

[17] ttp://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=264820

[18] ttp://citifmonline.com/2017/01/10/gloria-akuffo-nominated-as-attorney-general/

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