31 Facts About Joe Ghartey

Joe Ghartey is a former Attorney-General of Ghana, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Railways Development Minister.

Joe Ghartey was born in Accra, Ghana, to a teacher, Lauraine Ghartey, and a public servant, Joseph Ghartey, on 15 June 1961.

Joe Ghartey started his early education at the Ridge Church School in Accra and later moved to the secondary boarding school, Mfantsipim School, in Cape Coast.

Joe Ghartey undertook his National Service duty as Legal Officer to the Komenda Eguafo Abirem District Assembly in the Central Region of the Republic of Ghana.

Joe Ghartey took up a job as an Associate at the Chambers of Lawyer Gwira in Sekondi.

Joe Ghartey is the senior partner of a Labone-based law firm.

Joe Ghartey has provided legal services to several corporate entities and professional bodies, both nationally and internationally, ranging from the field of Taxation through to Labour law, Environmental and Company law.

Joe Ghartey was chair of the Inter African Network of Human Rights Organizations based in Zambia.

Joe Ghartey was an adjunct lecturer of Investment Law at the University of Ghana Business School.

Joe Ghartey has been a lecturer in Corporate Governance and Executive MBA at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.

Joe Ghartey was an instructor at the Ghana Stock Exchange.

Joe Ghartey taught Company Law at the Ghana School of Law and Mountcrest University in Accra.

Joe Ghartey is a member of the New Patriotic Party.

Joe Ghartey started off as a member of the Sekondi Campaign Team and became chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Disciplinary Committee of the Party.

Joe Ghartey was part of the team that wrote the "Stolen Verdict", in 1993, which was a detailed account of the widespread electoral malpractices that occurred during the 1992 general election in Ghana.

Joe Ghartey chaired the Session of the National Conference which amended the constitution of the NPP at the Trade Fair Center in Accra on 22 August, 2009.

Joe Ghartey was a member of the team of legal experts appointed by the National Council of the NPP to review the conduct of the election petition that was filed in the Supreme Court after the 2012 general elections and to provide recommendations going forward.

Along the coastal belt of Ghana, Joe Ghartey has supported constituencies in the Western, Central, Greater Accra and Volta Regions, including Shama, Sekondi, Takoradi, Effie Kwasimintsim, Tarkwa, Prestea, Amenfi, Korle Klottey, La-Dade Kotopon and Hohoe.

Joe Ghartey was first elected to the seat in the December 2004 elections and was re-elected in the December 2008 and December 2012 elections.

Joe Ghartey was promoted and appointed as the substantive Attorney-General and Minister of Justice in June 2006, a position he held until January 2009 following the electoral loss of the NPP in the 2008 general elections.

Joe Ghartey was the longest-serving Attorney-General and Minister of Justice under the Kufuor administration.

Joe Ghartey was a consultant to the Parliament of Sierra Leone and drafted a code of conduct for that parliament in May 2017.

In June 2006, a Ministerial reshuffle by President Kufuor saw Joe Ghartey being elevated from the position of Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.

Joe Ghartey was sworn into office by Kufuor on 16 June 2006 as the 20th Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of Ghana.

However, Joe Ghartey was eventually unanimously elected to the position by Members of Parliament on 7 January 2013.

Joe Ghartey is a member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Committee and the Standing Orders Committee.

Joe Ghartey declared his intention to contest the position for presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party before the 2016 general elections.

Joe Ghartey filed his nomination papers for the position on 7 July 2014, along with six other aspirants.

Joe Ghartey was third but chose not to go for the second round and supported the winning candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, the president.

Efua Joe Ghartey is the Chairperson of the Bible Society of Ghana and the Chairperson of the International Board of the United Bible Societies, which operates in more than 200 countries.

Joe Ghartey is the president of the Greater Accra Ghana Bar Association as well as a member of the Constitutional and Legal Committee of the New Patriotic Party.