Supreme Court of Ghana - List of Chief Justices of The Supreme Court

List of Chief Justices of The Supreme Court

Since its inception in 1876, the Supreme Court has had 23 Chief Justices.

List of Chief Justices of the Gold Coast and Ghana
Chief Justice Time frame Period
Sir David Patrick Chambers 1876 - 1878 Gold Coast
P. A. Smith 1878 - 1879 Gold Coast
Sir James Marshall 1880 - 1882 Gold Coast
N. Lessingham Bailey 1882 - 1886 Gold Coast
H. W Macleod 1886 - 1889 Gold Coast
J. T Hutchinson 1889 - 1895 Gold Coast
Sir William Brandford Griffith 1895 - 1911 Gold Coast
Philip Crampton Smyly 1911 - 1928 Gold Coast
Sir George Campbell Deane 1929 - 1935 Gold Coast
Sir Philip Bertie Petrides 1936 - 1943 Gold Coast
Sir Walter Harrangin 1943 - 1947 Gold Coast
Sir Mark Wilson 1948 - 1956 Gold Coast
Sir Kobina Arku Korsah 1956 - 1963 Gold Coast (1956 - 6 Mar 1957)
Ghana - 1st Republic (6 Mar 1957 - 1963)
J. Sarkodee-Addo 1964 - 1966 1st Republic
Edward Akufo-Addo 1966 - 1970 military rule (1966-1969)
2nd Republic (1969-1970)
Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman 1970 -1972 2nd Republic
Samuel Azu Crabbe 1973 - 1977 military rule
Fred Kwasi Apaloo 1977 - 1986 military rule (1977-1979)
3rd Republic (24 Sep 1979-31 Dec 1981)
# military rule (31 Dec 1981-1986)
E. N. P. Sowah 1986 - 1990 military rule
Philip Edward Archer 1991 - 1995 military rule (1991-1993)
4th Republic (1993-1995)
Isaac Kobina Abban 1995 - April 21, 2001 4th Republic
Edward Kwame Wiredu 2001 - 2003 4th Republic
George Kingsley Acquah July 4, 2003 - March 25, 2007 4th Republic
Georgina Theodora Wood June 15, 2007 - 4th Republic

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