D. A. Foreman

D. A. Foreman
Allegiance	United Kingdom Ghana
Service/branch	Royal Navy Ghana Navy
Rank	Commodore
Commands held	Chief of Naval Staff

D. A. Foreman was a British naval officer who became the first Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy.^[1]

Ghana Navy service

Foreman had retired from active service from the Royal Navy when he was seconded to the newly created Ghana Navy. Kwame Nkrumah, then the Ghana president, granted him a presidential commission as a Ghana naval officer with the rank of Commodore and appointed him Chief of Naval Staff.^[2] This was after the navy had been established in 1959.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Past Chiefs of Naval Staff". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. 2009-04-25. http://www.gaf.mil.gh/index.php?CatId=118. Retrieved 2010-03-17. 
2. ^ "The Security Services" (pdf). National Reconciliation Commission Report Volume 4 Chapter 1. Ghana government. October 2004. pp. pages 3 & 4. http://www.ghana.gov.gh/NRC/Vol%204%20Chpt%201%20com.sec.rep.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-12. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Historical Background of The Ghana Navy". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. http://www.gaf.mil.gh/index.php?CatId=80. Retrieved 2007-06-12. 

Military offices
Preceded by Ghana Navy established 1959	Chief of Naval Staff 1959 – 1961	Succeeded by David Anumle Hansen

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Name	Foreman, D.A.
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