Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman

Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman
4th Chief Justice of Ghana
In office
1970–1972
Preceded by Edward Akufo-Addo
Succeeded by Samuel Azu Crabbe
Personal details
Nationality  Ghanaian

Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman 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.[1] He was removed from office by the National Redemption Council, the military government in power after the coup of 13 January 1972 which ended the Second Republic of Ghana.[2]

References

  1. ^ "List of Chief Justices". Official Website. Judicial Service of Ghana. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070213071431/http://www.judicial.gov.gh/history/list+of+judicial+officials/list+of+CJ.htm. Retrieved 28 March 2007. 
  2. ^ "13TH JANUARY, 1972–3RD JUNE, 1979:NATIONAL REDEMPTION COUNCIL (NRC)/SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL (SMC) I & II" (pdf). THE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION REPORT Volume 4 Chapter 2. Ghana government. October 2004. pp. page 18. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061016012539/http://www.ghana.gov.gh/NRC/Vol+4+Chpt+2+com.legal+rep.pdf. Retrieved 28 March 2007. "Three judges, Chief Justice Edmund Lanquaye Bannerman, Justices Koi Larbi and J.B. Siriboe were dismissed and deprived of all their terminal employment benefits" 

See also

Legal offices
Preceded by
Edward Akufo-Addo		 Chief Justice of Ghana
1970–1972		 Succeeded by
Samuel Azu Crabbe