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CHIEF JUSTICES OF GHANA

The Chief Justice heads Ghana's judiciary and presides over the Supreme Court. Sir Arku Korsah, appointed in the Gold Coast in 1956, was the first Ghanaian to hold the office. The current Chief Justice of Ghana is Paul Baffoe-Bonnie.

  1. 1 1956 – 1963 Sir Kobina Arku Korsah Dismissed by Nkrumah after the Kulungugu treason trial
  2. 2 1964 – 1966 Julius Sarkodee-Adoo
  3. 3 1966 – 1970 Edward Akufo-Addo
  4. 4 1970 – 1972 Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman
  5. 5 1973 – 1977 Samuel Azu Crabbe
  6. 6 1977 – 1986 Fred Kwasi Apaloo
  7. 7 1986 – 1990 E. N. P. Sowah
  8. 8 1990 – 1991 · Acting Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade Acting
  9. 9 1991 – 1995 Philip Edward Archer
  10. 10 1995 – 2001 Isaac Kobina Abban
  11. 11 2001 – 2003 Edward Kwame Wiredu
  12. 12 4 July 2003 – 25 March 2007 George Kingsley Acquah Died in office
  13. 13 15 June 2007 – 8 June 2017 Georgina Theodora Wood First woman Chief Justice
  14. 14 19 June 2017 – 20 December 2019 Sophia Akuffo
  15. 15 7 January 2020 – 24 May 2023 Kwasi Anin-Yeboah
  16. 16 12 June 2023 – 1 September 2025 Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo Removed from office
  17. 17 13 November 2025 – present Paul Baffoe-Bonnie Incumbent

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