George Kingsley Acquah

Infobox Judge
name = George Kingsley Acquah


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office = 11^thChief Justice of Ghana
(23^rd including Gold Coast)
termstart = July 4, 2003
termend = March 25, 2007
nominator =
appointer = John Kufuor
predecessor = Edward Kwame Wiredu
successor = Georgina Theodora Wood
office2 = Supreme Court Judge
termstart2 = 1995
termend2 = March 25, 2007
nominator2 =
appointer2 = Jerry Rawlings
predecessor2 =
successor2 =
birthdate = birth date|1942|3|4|mf=y
birthplace = Sekondi, Ghana
deathdate = death date and age |2007|03|25|1942|03|04
deathplace = Accra, Ghana
spouse = Mrs. Jane Acquah
nationality = flagicon|GHA Ghanaian

Justice George Kingsley Acquah (March 4, 1942 - March 25, 2007) was the twenty-third (23^rd ) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. [cite web |url=http://www.judicial.gov.gh/history/list%20of%20judicial%20officials/list%20of%20CJ.htm |title=List of Chief Justices |accessdate=2007-03-26 |work=Official Website |publisher=Judicial Service of Ghana] (The eleventh since independence.)cite web |url=http://www.graphicghana.com/article.asp?artid=16099 |title=Justice Acquah Is Dead |accessdate=2007-03-27 |date=26 March 2007 |work=Top Stories |publisher=Graphic Communications Group Limited.] He was appointed as Chief Justice on July 4, 2003 [cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=38643 |title=New Chief Justice sworn into office |accessdate=2007-03-26 |date=July 4, 2003 |work=General News of Friday, 4 July 2003 |publisher=Ghana Home Page ] and was the incumbent until his death.

Early life

Justice Acquah was born on March 4, 1942 at Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana.cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/pop-up.php?ID=217 |title=Chief Justice - Justice George Kingsley Acquah |accessdate=2007-03-26 |work=Famous Ghanaians: Law |publisher=Ghana Home Page] He had his basic education in a number of schools, namely Half Assini Methodist School, Cape Coast Methodist School, Ashanti Bekwai Methodist School, Akim Oda Methodist School, Nkawkaw Methodist School and Dunkwa-on-Offin Anglican School.cite web |url=http://www.judicial.gov.gh/news/death%20of%20cj.htm |title=Death of the Chief Justice of Ghana |accessdate=2007-04-13 |work=Official Website |publisher=Judicial Service of Ghana] He attended Adisadel College at Cape Coast, from 1957 to 1963 for his secondary and sixth form (college) education. He was an undergraduate at the University of Ghana, Legon between 1964 and 1967 and obtained a B.A (Hons) degree in Philosophy. In 1970, he obtained the LL.B. (Hons) degree in Law from the same University. He then attended the Ghana Law School where he obtained his Professional Certificate in Law and was called to the Bar in 1972.

Working life

Justice George Acquah was in private legal practice at Cape Coast from 1972 until September 19, 1989 when he became a High Court Judge, working at Ho in the Volta Region. [cite web |url=http://www.ncmggroup.org/paprofile.aspx |title=Profile of Lead Faculties |accessdate=2007-03-26 |publisher=Negotiation and Conflict Management Group] He rose to become an Appeal Court Judge in June 1994 and then a Supreme Court Judge a year later.

Other roles

*Chairman, Budget Committee of the Judicial Service
*Chairman, Judicial Service Reform and Automation Committee
*Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of the Judicial Service of Ghana
*Chairman, Disciplinary Committee of the Judicial Counci
*Chairman, Funeral Committee of the Judicial Service
*Chairman, Tender Board of the Judicial Service
*Member of the Judicial Council of Ghana
*Chairman, National Multi-Sectoral Committee on the Protection of the Rights of the Child
*Member, Rules of Court Committee
*Member, Appointments Committee of the Judicial Council
*Member, Africa Regional Council of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
*Member of the Governing Council of the Ghana Legal Literacy and Resource Foundation
*Patron, Commonwealth Legal Education Association, London
*Honorary Legal Adviser of the International Planned Parenthood Federation;
*Editorial Advisor, Banking and Financial Law Journal of Ghana
*External Examiner (Law of Evidence) Ghana Law School

Honours

*June 2006 - Awarded the Order of the Star of Ghana (Member) - the highest honour of Ghana [cite web |url=http://cjei.org/publications/CJEI%20REPORT%20SEPT06%20WEB%20SMALL.pdf |title=the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute Report |format=pdf |date=September 2006 |pages=page 13 |accessdate=2006-03-26 |publisher=Commonwealth JudicialEducation Institute ]

Death

Justice Acquah died from cancer on March 25 2007, aged 65, in Accra. He was married with six children. cite web |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=121413 |title=Chief Justice is dead |accessdate=2007-03-26 |date=25 March 2007 |work=General News of Sunday, 25 March 2007 |publisher=Ghana Home Page]

References

ee also

*Judiciary of Ghana
*Supreme Court of Ghana

External links

* [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/pop-up.php?ID=217 Profile on Ghanaweb.com]

Persondata
NAME=Acquah, George Kingsley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Former Chief Justice of Ghana
DATE OF BIRTH=March 4, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH=Sekondi, Western Region, Ghana
DATE OF DEATH=March 25, 2007
PLACE OF DEATH=Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana