Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo (born 1962) is a Ghanaian judge who served as the fifteenth Chief Justice of Ghana, the third woman to hold the office, from June 2023 until her dismissal in September 2025. She joined the Supreme Court in December 2019 after earlier service as a High Court justice from 2004 and a Court of Appeal justice from 2012, and was nominated to succeed Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah in April 2023. President John Mahama dismissed her from office on 1 September 2025 following a committee recommendation, a removal she subsequently challenged in court. 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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Field of LawCommercial and Business Law 1 Role
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She was nominated to the Supreme Court in November 2019 and received parliamentary approval in December 2019.
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Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo (born 1962) is a Ghanaian judge who served as the fifteenth Chief Justice of Ghana, the third woman to hold the office, from June 2023 until her dismissal in September 2025.
Introduction, role
Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo is a Ghanaian judge who served as Chief Justice of Ghana from 2023 to 2025.
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She serves as chair of the Technical Working Group on ‘Enforcing Contracts’ set up to steer change in the business law environment.
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is a Ghanaian judge who served as Chief Justice of Gh
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Wikidata Q81650525, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1962
Wikidata Q81650525, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1962-09-11
Wikidata Q81650525, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Cape Coast
- Member Of: Supreme Court of Ghana, Wikipedia category: Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana
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