Isaac Kobina Abban (1933-2001) was a Ghanaian judge who served as Chief Justice of Ghana from 1995 until his death in 2001, the ninth person to hold the office since independence. He was called to the English bar in 1958, returned to Ghana the following year to practice law, and was appointed to the High Court bench in 1970; as a High Court judge he also served as Electoral Commissioner overseeing the disputed 1978 UNIGOV referendum, a role in which he went into hiding after opposing the military government's attempts to rig the result. Before returning to Ghana, he served as Chief Justice of Seychelles from 1990 to 1993, and President Jerry Rawlings appointed him Chief Justice of Ghana in February 1995. 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 ninth person to hold this position since Ghana became an independent nation.
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Isaac Kobina Abban (1933-2001) was a Ghanaian judge who served as Chief Justice of Ghana from 1995 until his death in 2001, the ninth person to hold the office since independence.
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Wikidata Q1673412, occupation/position claims
occupation/position claim resolves to: Lawyer and Judge
Wikidata Q1673412, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1933
Wikidata Q1673412, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2001
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P570 (date of death): 2001-04-21
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P20 (place of death): Accra
- Member Of: Supreme Court of Ghana, Wikipedia category: Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana
- In Legal System: Law of Ghana, Wikipedia category: 20th-century Ghanaian lawyers
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