Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman
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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 January 13, 1972 which ended the second republic of Ghana.[2]
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- ^ List of Chief Justices. Official Website. Judicial Service of Ghana. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
- ^ 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 page 18. Ghana government (October 2004). Retrieved on 2007-03-28. “Three judges, Chief Justice Edmund Lanquaye Bannerman, Justices Koi Larbi and J.B. Siriboe were dismissed and deprived of all their terminal employment benefits”
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Preceded by Edward Akufo-Addo |
Chief Justice of Ghana 1970–1972 |
Succeeded by Samuel Azu Crabbe |
Sir Kobina Arku Korsah · J. Sarkodee-Addo · Edward Akufo-Addo · Edmund A.L. Bannerman · Samuel Azu Crabbe · Fred Kwasi Apaloo · E. N. P. Sowah · Philip Edward Archer · Isaac Kobina Abban · Edward Kwame Wiredu · George Kingsley Acquah