Attorney General of Ghana

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The Attorney General of Ghana is the government’s chief legal advisor and head of the national prosecution service, responsible for representing the state in legal matters and overseeing the administration of justice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
advises Cabinet of Ghana ⓘ
Government of Ghana ⓘ
President of Ghana ⓘ
appointedBy President of Ghana ⓘ
associatedWith Ministry of Justice (Ghana) ⓘ
branchOfGovernment executive branch of Ghana ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
heads Office of the Attorney General (Ghana) ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Ghana
legalSystem legal system of Ghana ⓘ
officeType ministerial position in Ghana ⓘ
oversees public prosecutions in Ghana ⓘ
participatesIn Cabinet of Ghana ⓘ
represents Ghana in certain international legal proceedings ⓘ
state in civil cases ⓘ
state in criminal cases ⓘ
requiresQualification lawyer qualified to practice in Ghana ⓘ
responsibleFor advising on international agreements involving Ghana ⓘ
coordination of criminal prosecutions ⓘ
defending the state in constitutional cases ⓘ
drafting government legislation ⓘ
ensuring government actions comply with Ghanaian law ⓘ
initiating legal proceedings on behalf of the state ⓘ
providing legal opinions to government ministries ⓘ
supervision of state attorneys ⓘ
vetting government contracts ⓘ
role chief legal advisor to the Government of Ghana ⓘ
head of the national prosecution service of Ghana ⓘ
oversees the administration of justice in Ghana ⓘ
principal legal representative of the state in legal matters ⓘ
style Honourable ⓘ

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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo → positionHeld → Attorney General of Ghana ⓘ
Kwame Osei-Prempeh → positionHeld → Deputy Attorney General of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of Ghana
Judicial Council of Ghana → worksWith → Attorney General of Ghana ⓘ
National Security Council of Ghana → hasMember → Attorney General of Ghana ⓘ
Inspector-General of Police (Ghana) → worksWith → Attorney-General of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Inspector-General of Police
linked to: Attorney General of Ghana
Attorney-General’s Department (Ghana) → headedBy → Attorney-General of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of Ghana
Attorney-General’s Department (Ghana) → subordinateTo → Attorney-General of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of Ghana
Constitutional offices of Ghana → includesOffice → Attorney-General of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Attorney General of Ghana