William Atuguba | |
|---|---|
| Supreme Court Judge | |
| In office 30 November 1995 –1 July 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Jerry Rawlings |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality |  Ghanaian |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Barrister |
William Anaam Atuguba is a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. [1]
Atuguba was first enrolled as a magistrate on 3 October 1974. He has worked as a private lawyer and served as a prosecutor and state attorney before being appointed a Supreme Court Judge by President Rawlings in 1995. [2] He was the acting Chief Justice from May 25,2016,until June 3,2016,while Justice Georgina Theodora Woode was outside the country on official duties. [1] He was for a period,the most senior judge in the Supreme Court. He acted as Chief Justice from 21 February 2017 [3] prior to the retirement of Georgina Theodora Wood on 8 June 2017 [4] until 19 June 2017 when Sophia Akuffo was sworn in by President Akufo-Addo as the new Chief Justice. [5]
He has been one of the longest serving members of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He was a judge for 44 years and a Supreme Court judge from 1995 to 2018,a total of almost 23 years. [6]
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