A. K. B. Ampiah

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Alexander Kobina Baah Ampiah
Supreme Court Judge
In office
6 January 1993 – 25 July 2003
Appointed byJerry John Rawlings
Personal details
Born
Alexander Kobina Baah Ampiah
NationalityGhanaGhanaian
ProfessionJudge

Alexander Kobina Baah Ampiah is a retired Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge.[1] He served on the Supreme Court bench from 1993 to 2003. Prior to serving on the Supreme Court bench, he was a lawyer[2] who rose through the ranks as a judge of the High Court[3] to the bench of the Appeals Court of Ghana.

Career[edit]

Ampiah studied law in the UK. He qualified as a barrister and practised privately at Aumog chambers at Cape Coast, in partnership with Mr. Justice Isaac Kobina Donkor Abban, who later joined the judiciary service and subsequently became Chief Justice from 2001 to 2006.[4] Ampiah rose through the ranks from a High Court judge[5] to an Appeals Court judge[6] prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court Bench on 6 January 1993.[7] While in the judiciary service, he served as the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Congress, the highest decision-making body of the association.[8][9] Ampiah retired as a Supreme Court Judge on 25 July 2003.[10] In 2009 he was appointed chairman of the University of Cape Coast council by the then president of Ghana; John Evans Atta Mills.[11][12][13] In 2011 he was awarded the Order of the Volta award for his service to the nation.[14]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Elements of right to housing need to be defined - Justice Ampiah". Ghana Web. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ^ "The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports, Volume 2". The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports. General Legal Council: 15. 1976.
  3. ^ "The Bar List of the United Kingdom". The Bar List of the United Kingdom. Stevens and Sons Ltd.: 483 1982.
  4. ^ Ghana Commercial and Industrial Bulletin. Ghana Publishing Corporation. 1970. p. 1392.
  5. ^ Sub-Saharan Africa Report, Issues 76-83. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1984. p. 15.
  6. ^ Kotey, Nii Ashie (2005). University for Development Studies in the History of Higher Education in Ghana. Centre for Savana Art and Civilisation. p. 143. ISBN 9789988825881.
  7. ^ "The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports". The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports. Advanced Legal Publications. 1996.
  8. ^ "Congress, the sole authority to form committee - Ampiah". Ghana Web. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  9. ^ Tetteh, Ransford (2000-02-18). "White Paper out soon on player transfers". Graphic Sports. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  10. ^ "The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports, Volume 2". The Supreme Court of Ghana Law Reports. Graphic Corporation: 680. 2003.
  11. ^ "Call for UCC to help implement Education Reforms". Ghana Web. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  12. ^ "UCC poised to become the "centre of excellence" in education". News Ghana. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  13. ^ "New Leaders for University of Cape Coast". Universities of Ghana Overseas. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Prez Mills presenting the order of Volta award to Justice (rtd) Alexander Kobina Baah Ampiah". GBC Ghana. Retrieved 23 February 2020.