ATTORNEYS-GENERAL OF GHANA

The Attorney-General is the government's chief legal adviser and, for most of Ghana's history, also the Minister for Justice. The current Attorney-General of Ghana is Dominic Akuritinga Ayine.

1. 1 G March 1957 – August 1957 G. M. Paterson
2. 2 August 1957 – August 1961 Geoffrey Bing
3. 3 September 1961 – 1962 George Commey Mills-Odoi First Ghanaian Attorney-General
4. 4 September 1962 – February 1966 Bashiru Kwaw-Swanzy
5. 5 1966 – April 1969 Victor Owusu
6. 6 April 1969 – January 1971 Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade
7. 7 January 1971 – January 1972 Victor Owusu
8. 8 E January 1972 – October 1975 Edward Nathaniel Moore
9. 9 October 1975 – January 1979 Gustav Koranteng-Addow
10. 10 January 1979 – September 1979 Austin Amissah
11. 11 September 1979 – August 1981 Joe Reindorf
12. 12 A October 1981 – December 1981 Archibald Lartey Djabatey
13. 13 G June 1982 – 1988 George Emmanuel Kwesi Aikins
14. 14 E December 1988 – April 1993 Emmanuel Gyekye Tanoh
15. 15 March 1993 – October 1993 Anthony Forson
16. 16 November 1993 – January 2001 Obed Asamoah Acting until May 1997
17. 17 February 2001 – April 2003 Nana Akufo-Addo
18. 18 April 2003 – 2005 Papa Owusu-Ankomah
19. 19 February 2005 – 2006 Ayikoi Otoo
20. 20 June 2006 – January 2009 Joe Ghartey
21. 21 2009 – 2011 Betty Mould-Iddrisu First woman Attorney-General
22. 22 January 2011 – January 2012 Martin Amidu
23. 23 January 2012 – January 2013 Benjamin Kunbuor
24. 24 M February 2013 – January 2017 Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong
25. 25 February 2017 – January 2021 Gloria Akuffo
26. 26 January 2021 – January 2025 Godfred Yeboah Dame
27. 27 January 2025 – present Dominic Akuritinga Ayine Incumbent

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