Archibald Lartey Djabatey

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Archibald Lartey Djabatey
11th Attorney General of Ghana
In office
1 October 1981 –31 December 1981

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 later a Senior State Attorney. [2] [3] In 1979, during the third republic, he was appointed deputy Attorney General to the then Attorney General, Joe Reindorf. [4] [5] In 1980, when Joe Reindorf was moved to the Ministry of Local Government, Djabatey was elevated to the status of Attorney General and Minister of Justice. [6] [7] Following the overthrow of the Limann government on 31 December 1981, he was replaced by George Emmanuel Kwesi Aikens of the PNDC government. Djabatey then moved to the United Kingdom where he was called the English Bar at Gray's Inn in 1983. [8] He practiced with a chamber in London in the proceeding years.

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References

  1. ↑ Ghana (1976). The Supreme Court of Ghana Centenary: Souvenir, 1876-1976. University Press.
  2. ↑ Congress, Ghana Commission of Enquiry into the Funds of the Ghana Trades Union (1968). Report. The Commission.
  3. ↑ Secretary, Ghana National Redemption Council Office of the Press (1975). Third Year in Office of Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, 13th January 1974-12th January 1975. Office of the Press Secretary to the National Redemption Council.
  4. ↑ West Africa. West Africa Publishing Company Limited. 1981.
  5. ↑ Africa Diary. M. Chhabra. 1981.
  6. ↑ Ghana News. Embassy of Ghana. 1979.
  7. ↑ Sub-Saharan Africa Report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1981.
  8. ↑ West Africa. West Africa Publishing Company Limited. 1983.
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