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The Council of State should include a former Chief Justice of Ghana, a former Chief of the Defence Staff and a former Inspector General of Police and the president of the National House of Chiefs. Each region of Ghana also has an elected representative. The President of Ghana also appoints eleven members. Members stay in office until the term ...
Pages in category "Members of the Council of State (Ghana)" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On 20 June 2017, Wood was sworn in by President Nana Akuffo-Addo as the 25th and final member of the Council of State. [8] She is on the council by virtue of the fact that she is a former Chief Justice. [8] It was the first time in 22 years that the vacancy had been filled as Ghana had had no living retired Chief Justice since 1995. [8]
Supreme Court was replaced by the Appeals Court in 1966 by the National Liberation Council: 16 August 1970: Appeal Court Judge: Edward Akufo-Addo: 1972 [22] Dismissed by NRC Military government. 17 1965: G. S. Lassey: High Court Judge: Kwame Nkrumah: 1966: Charles Acolatse: Supreme Court replaced by the Appeals Court by the then NLC government ...
Much of the judicial work in Ghana takes place at the lower level courts that hear many criminal and civil cases. [13] As the population of Ghana is rapidly expanding to more than 29 million people, [ 14 ] these bodies are often faced with massive backlogs of cases that need to be heard. [ 13 ]
The Superior Courts are, from highest to lowest, the Supreme Court of Ghana, the Court of Appeal, the High Court of Justice, and the ten Regional Tribunals. The Inferior Courts, since the Courts Act 2002, include the Circuit Courts, the Magistrate Courts, and special courts such as the Juvenile Courts. [24]
Abavana, Lawrence Rosario; Abdulai, Mohammed Mubarak see below Ras Mubarak; Albert Abongo; Acheampong, Ignatius Kutu; Addy, Mark Diamond; Aferi, Nathan Apea; Aggudey ...
Portuguese Council of State is an advisory body of the President of the Republic; Thai Council of State advises the executive branch on legal matters and until the establishment of the administrative courts in 1999, it also served as the supreme administrative court; Turkish Council of State is the supreme court for administrative justice