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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah

Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle East

Kwasi Anin-Yeboah (born 1953) is a Ghanaian judge who served as Chief Justice of Ghana from January 2020 to May 2023, the fourteenth to hold the office since independence and the first male Chief Justice in twelve years. He rose through the judiciary as a High Court justice from 2002, a Court of Appeal justice from 2003, and a Supreme Court justice from 2008, and as Chief Justice led the Supreme Court in dismissing John Dramani Mahama's petition challenging the 2020 presidential election result. He also chaired FIFA's Ethics Committee and taught civil procedure and the Ghana legal system at the Ghana School of Law. 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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Role
Judge and a former Chief Justice of Ghana 1
Nationality / Jurisdiction
Ghanaian 1
Born
1963 2
Role
Role (category)
Judge 1
Role (category)
Chief Justice 1
Classification
Gender
Male 1
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1. Kwasi Anin-Yeboah (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    In December 2019, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo nominated Justice Anin-Yeboah as the Chief Justice of Ghana.
  • Introduction, nationality
    Kwasi Anin-Yeboah (born 1953) is a Ghanaian judge who served as Chief Justice of Ghana from January 2020 to May 2023, the fourteenth to hold the office since independence and the first male Chief Justice in twelve years.
  • Introduction, role
    Kwasi Anin-Yeboah is a Ghanaian judge and a former Chief Justice of Ghana.
  • In Legal System: Law of Ghana, Wikipedia lead sentence
    is a Ghanaian judge and a former Chief Justice of Gha
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2. Wikidata: Kwasi Anin-Yeboah
  • Wikidata Q78419316, P569 date of birth claim (year)
    P569 (date of birth): 1963
  • Member Of: Supreme Court of Ghana, Wikipedia category: Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana
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