Current Chief Justice
Main article: Georgina Theodora Wood
The current Chief Justice is Georgina Theodora Wood. The Parliament of Ghana approved her nomination on 1 June 2007[25] following the death of George Kingsley Acquah on March 25, 2007.[26] She becomes Ghana's first female Chief Justice. Justice Francois Yaonansu Kpegah, the most senior of the Supreme Court judges acted as Chief Justice between March 2007 and June 2007..[11] He handed over to Georgina Wood on 15 June 2007.[27]
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[edit]List of Chief Justices of the Supreme Court
Since its inception in 1876, the Supreme Court has had 24 Chief Justices, including 12 in the Gold Coast era.[28][29] [edit]Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast | Chief Justice | Time frame | Period | Sir David Patrick Chambers | 1876 - 1878 | Gold Coast | P. A. Smith | 1878 - 1879 | Gold Coast | Sir James Marshall | 1880 - 1882 | Gold Coast | N. Lessingham Bailey | 1882 - 1886 | Gold Coast | H. W Macleod | 1886 - 1889 | Gold Coast | J. T Hutchinson | 1889 - 1895 | Gold Coast | Sir William Brandford Griffith | 1895 - 1911 | Gold Coast | Philip Crampton Smyly | 1911 - 1928 | Gold Coast | Sir George Campbell Deane | 1929 - 1935 | Gold Coast | Sir Philip Bertie Petrides | 1936 - 1943 | Gold Coast | Sir Walter Harrangin | 1943 - 1947 | Gold Coast | Sir Mark Wilson | 1948 - 1956 | Gold Coast | Sir Kobina Arku Korsah | 1956 - 5 March 1957 | Gold Coast | [edit]Chief Justices of Ghana | Chief Justice | Time frame | Period | Sir Kobina Arku Korsah | 6 March 1957 - 1963 | Ghana - 1st Republic | J. Sarkodee-Addo | 1964 - 1966 | 1st Republic | Edward Akufo-Addo | 1966 - 1970 | military rule[5] (1966-1969)
2nd Republic (1969-1970) | Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman | 1970 -1972 | 2nd Republic[7] | Samuel Azu Crabbe | 1973 - 1977 | military rule[30] | Fred Kwasi Apaloo | 1977 -