| Isaac Kobina Donkor Abban | |
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| 9th Chief Justice of Ghana (21st including Gold Coast) |
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| In office 22 February 1995 – 21 April 2001 |
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| Appointed by | Jerry Rawlings |
| Preceded by | Philip Edward Archer |
| Succeeded by | Edward Kwame Wiredu |
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| Born | 1933 |
| Died | 21 April 2001 Accra, Ghana |
Isaac Kobina Donkor Abban (born 1933) was the Chief Justice of Ghana between 1995 and 2001. He was the ninth person to hold this position since Ghana became an independent nation.[1]
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Justice Abban was called to the bar on 18 April 1959. While a High Court Judge, he was appointed the electoral commissioner and supervised the controversial 'Union Government (UNIGOV)' referendum on 30 March 1978 during the Supreme Military Council (SMC) era. At a point during the referendum, he went into hiding in fear of his life from the military authorities.[2] This was because he opposed the attempts to rig the UNIGOV referendum by the military SMC government.[3] He also supervised the 1979 presidential elections that elected Dr Hilla Limann president of the third republic of Ghana.
He left for Seychelles where he worked as the Chief Justice.[3] On his return to Ghana, he rejoined the Judicial Service of Ghana. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ghana and later on 22 February 1995, he was made the Chief Justice by the President, Jerry Rawlings.[3]
Justice Abban was due to retire on 1 May 2001, for health reasons.[4] He died a few days before that on 21 April 2001 in Accra, Ghana at the age of 67.[3][5]
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