Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman | |
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4th Chief Justice of Ghana | |
In office 1970–1972 | |
Nominated by | Kofi Abrefa Busia |
Preceded by | Edward Akufo-Addo |
Succeeded by | Samuel Azu Crabbe |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 July 1915 |
Died | 27 June 1983 Accra, Ghana | (aged 67)
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Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman JSC (22 July 1915 – 27 June 1983) was the Chief Justice of Ghana between 1970 and 1972. He was the fourth person to hold this position since Ghana became an independent nation in 1957.[1] He was removed from office by the National Redemption Council, the military government in power after the coup of 13 January 1972 that ended the Second Republic of Ghana.[2]
Three judges, Chief Justice Edmund Lanquaye Bannerman, Justices Koi Larbi and J. B. Siriboe were dismissed and deprived of all their terminal employment benefits
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