Joseph Boateng Danquah

Infobox Military Person


name= Joseph Boateng Danquah
lived= 7 July 1947 – present
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allegiance=Ghana
branch=Army
serviceyears=1969 – present
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Lieutenant General Joseph Boateng Danquah (born 7 July 1947) is the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Ghana Armed Forces.

Military training

Joseph Danquah had his basic military training at the Ghana Military Academy at Teshie, Accra. He did his junior and senior staff courses in Ghana and Nigeria respectively.

Career

Danquah was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the Ghana army on 14 December 1969. He has held various positions including the Commanding Officer of the Third Battalion of Infantry and Four Training Battalion. He has also been Director, Army Operations and Assistant Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (Junior Division).

Peacekeeping duties

Danquah was the Commanding Officer of the Second Ghana Battalion of the ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) based in Liberia between October 1990 to June 1991. He has had three duty tours on United Nations peacekeeping missions UNIFIL, southern Lebanon. He was Company Commander of Ghanbatt 13 on his first duty tour, from May to December 1980. Next he was the Second-in-Command of Ghanbatt 20, between June 1983 to January 1984. His final tour was as Commanding Officer of Ghanbatt 36 from September 1991 to April 1992.

enior military duties

Between August 1999 and March 2001, he was Chief Staff Officer at Army Headquarters. Prior to his appointment as CDS, he had been the General Officer Commanding the Southern Command of the Ghana army from March 2001. On 20 May, 2005, Danquah then a Brigadier, was promoted Major General and appointed the CDS of the Ghana Armed Forces by President Kufuor. [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=81936 |title=Major Reshuffle In Military |accessdate=2007-06-11 |work=General News of Saturday, 21 May 2005 |publisher=Ghana Home Page]

Honours

*January 2001 — Awarded the Distinguished Service Order by Ghana government.

References

External links and sources

* [http://www.gaf.mil.gh/index.php?CatId=42 Profile on Ghana Armed Forces website] .

Persondata
NAME = Danquah, Joseph Boateng
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Chief of Defence Staff, Ghana
DATE OF BIRTH = 7 July 1947
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DATE OF DEATH = Living
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