Philip Edward Archer (1925-2002) was a Ghanaian judge who served as the eighth Chief Justice of Ghana, appointed by Jerry Rawlings, from 1991 to 1995. Admitted as a solicitor in England in 1957, he returned to Ghana to serve as registrar-general in 1959 and judicial secretary in 1961 before joining the High Court bench in 1964 and the Supreme Court in 1980; after retiring from the bench in 1983 he chaired Ghana's Law Reform Commission full time. Following his tenure as Chief Justice he was appointed to the Council of State in 1995 and received the Order of the Star of Ghana in 2000. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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He was the eighth person to hold this position since Ghana became an independent nation.
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Philip Edward Archer (22 February 1925 - 10 May 2002) was the Chief Justice of Ghana between 1991 and 1995. He was the eighth person to hold this position since Ghana became an independent nation.
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occupation/position claim resolves to: Solicitor and Lawyer
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P569 (date of birth): 1925
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P569 (date of birth): 1925-02-22
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P570 (date of death): 2002
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P570 (date of death): 2002-05-10
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P19 (place of birth): Tarkwa
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P20 (place of death): Korle - Bu Teaching Hospital
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