Kwasi Anin-Yeboah was born on 24 May 1953 and is a Ghanaian judge and a former Chief Justice of Ghana.
17 Facts About Kwasi Anin-Yeboah
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah was born in Toase in Ashanti Region of Ghana on 24 May 1953.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah attended Amaniampong Secondary School and Apam Secondary School from 1968 to 1976.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah then continued his education at the University of Ghana and later the Ghana School of Law, graduating in 1981.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah proceeded to work as a partner at the Koforidua branch of Afisem Chambers.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah was later elected as the Eastern Regional Bar President.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah served as a Justice of the High Court from 2002 to 2003 and the Court of Appeal from 2003 to 2008 in Ghana.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah has provided his legal experience to football in his country, serving as chairman both locally and nationally, as the Disciplinary Committee for the Eastern Region Football Association and Appeal Committee at the Ghana Football Association from 2004 to 2008.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah is currently the chairman of the Legal Aid Board and Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council of Ghana.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ghana by President John Kufuor in June 2008.
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In December 2019, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo nominated Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah to replace Sophia Akuffo as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah's vetting was opposed by the Executive Director for the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability, Mensah Thompson who wanted Parliament to put on hold, the vetting of Justice Anin Yeboah to allow for CHRAJ to complete investigations on a petition against the nominee.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah is the first male Chief Justice in 12 years.
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The Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah dismissed the election petition which sought for a re-run of the 2020 election by the Petitioner, John Dramani Mahama as the presidential candidate of NDC.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah provides opinions on legal matters in the West African nation.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah has guarded jealously the judiciary and his conduct has brought honour to the judiciary and to our country.
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Kwasi Anin-Yeboah was replaced by Justice Jones Dotse the most senior justice of the Supreme Court as acting Chief Justice until a substantive Chief Justice was appointed.