Politics of Ghana takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the President of Ghana is both head of state and head of government,and of a two party system. The seat of government is at Golden Jubilee House. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and Parliament. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
Georgina Theodora Wood is a Ghanaian judge and also a former police prosecution officer. She was the Chief Justice of Ghana and the first woman to occupy that position. She retired in 2017 after five decades of service to the state. She is a member of the Council of State.
Paul Evans Aidoo is a Ghanaian teacher and politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso and is the Minister for the Western Region of Ghana. Prior to heading the Western Region,he was the Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister. He has been condemned for "promoting hatred" by Ghana's Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights after the minister urged people to report suspected homosexuals. "All efforts are being made to get rid of these people in the society," he said.
Joseph Bawa Akamba is a Ghanaian judge,who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from 2012 to 2016. He was sworn into office by the President of Ghana,John Dramani Mahama in the presence of the Chief Justice of Ghana,Georgina Theodora Wood in November 2012. He retired from the Supreme Court in 2016. He had served a total of about 40 years in the Ghanaian Judicial Service. In 1994,he also served as Director of Public Prosecutions in The Gambia.
Anthony Benin is a Ghanaian judge and is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He was one of two judges sworn into office by the President of Ghana,John Dramani Mahama in the presence of the Chief Justice of Ghana,Georgina Theodora Wood in November 2012.
Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade (1927–2013) was a former supreme court judge and Attorney General of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Attorney General of Ghana between 14 April 1969 to 1970 in the Busia government. He has also served as a former Member of Parliament for the Asante Akim South constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He died on 14 May 2013. Nana Akufo-Addo,who was then leader of the main opposition party in Ghana,paid tribute to Adade's service to Ghana.
Kwasi Anin-Yeboah is a Ghanaian lawyer and the current Chief Justice of Ghana. In December 2019,President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo nominated Justice Anin-Yeboah as the Chief Justice of Ghana.
George Yaw Gyan-Baffour is a Ghanaian development economist and politician. He is a former Member of Parliament who represented Wenchi constituency from 2005 to 2021. He was a professor at Howard University in Washington,D.C.,from 1993 to 2001. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the former Minister of Planning in Ghana.
Stephen Alan Brobbey is a retired jurist. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana and once served as Chief Justice of the Gambia.
Mary Okanson Owuoa is a Ghanaian jurist. Currently a judge of the Appeal Court,she was nominated Supreme Court Judge in November 2019 and vetted on 9 December 2019. She was sworn in on 17 December 2019. Prior to her appointment,she had served on the bench for thirty-eight (38) years.
Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo is a Ghanaian judge and author. Formerly a judge of the Appeal Court,she was nominated Supreme Court Judge in November 2019 and vetted on 10 December 2019. She was sworn in on 17 December 2019. Aside law she has authored books,plays,academic essays,articles and presentations.
Samuel Kofi Marful-Sau was a Ghanaian judge. He was an active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
Emmanuel Nii Ashie Kotey is a Ghanaian judge and academic. He has been a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana since his appointment in 2018.
Agnes Mercy Abla Dordzie is a Ghanaian judge. She is an active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. She was appointed justice of the Supreme Court in 2018.
Nene Abayateye Ofoe Amegatcher is a Ghanaian lawyer,academic and judge. He has been an active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana since 2018.
Gabriel Scott Pwamang is a Ghanaian lawyer,politician and judge. He is an active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He was nominated in 2015 by president of Ghana John Mahama. Prior to his appointment to the bench,he was a private legal practitioner and the managing partner of Pwamang and Associates. He is also a member of the People's National Convention once serving as the party's general secretary.
Benjamin Teiko Aryeetey was a Ghanaian academic and judge. He is a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He spent a total of forty (40) years serving on the bench of the Judiciary of Ghana. He was also a lecturer at the Ghana School of Law.
Yaw Effah-Baafi served as the Member of Parliament of Kintampo South in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana.
Josiah Ofori Boateng is a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana and a former Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana. He served on the Supreme Court bench from 1999 to 2001 and chaired the Electoral Commission of Ghana from 1989 to 1992.
David Yaw Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and was the member of parliament for the Atebubu North constituency in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. He was a member of parliament in the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.
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