Serving as a judge for 21 years, with three of those years as the Head of the Judiciary, Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah has officially retired from active service today.

As per the constitutional provisions outlined in Article 144 (6) of the 1992 Constitution, Justice Jones Dotse, the most senior Justice on the Supreme Court bench, has assumed the role of Acting Chief Justice following Justice Anin-Yeboah's retirement.

Justice Dotse will fulfill the duties of Acting Chief Justice until the nomination of Justice Gertrude Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo as the substantive Chief Justice is approved by Parliament.

Justice Torkornoo is scheduled to undergo vetting by the Appointment Committee of Parliament on Friday, May 26.

Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah

Justice Anin-Yeboah Profile

Justice Anin Yeboah was born at Toase in the Ashanti Region in May 1953.

He attended Amaniampong Secondary School and Apam Secondary School and then moved to the University of Ghana and the Ghana School of Law, where he graduated in 1981.

He served as an Assistant State Attorney at the Attorney-General’s Office in Koforidua, where he was elected the Eastern Regional President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA).

He also served as a justice of the High Court between 2002 and 2003 and the Court of Appeal from 2003 to 2008, until his elevation to the Supreme Court by Former President John Agyekum Kufuor.

Justice Anin Yeboah was also the Chairman of the Appeals Committee of the Ghana Football Association from 2004 to 2008 and rose to become a member of the Adjudicatory Chamber of FIFA.

In May 2017, he was appointed Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the 67th FIFA Congress in Bahrain and was also Chairman of the FIFA Ethics Committee.

Justice Anin-Yeboah was appointed to the Supreme Court by former President Kufuor in June 2008.