Godfred Yeboah Dame, is the Attorney General (AG) and Minister for Justice of Ghana, a lawyer and politician and he is also a member of the New Patriotic Party.
Dame was born on 5 June 1979 in the Bono Region of Ghana.
He is a Christian and married to Dr Joycelyn Akosua Assimeng Dame, a pediatric infectious disease specialist with whom he has two children.
Here are five facts you probably didn’t know about him:
Attended Adisadel College
He attended Adisadel College in Cape Coast, where he obtained his GCE Ordinary Level and Advanced Level Certificates between 1989 and 1996.
Graduated from UG in 2001
Godfred Yeboah Dame graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) in 2001 at the University of Ghana and further proceeded to the Ghana School of Law from where he obtained his professional law qualification in 2003.
Dame was called to the Bar in October 2003, and started his professional legal practice with the firm of Messrs Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co., a law firm in Ghana, specialising in various aspects of civil litigation.
Held prominent public positions
Earlier, from 2008 to 2009, he had been chairman of the Greater-Accra Regional Football Association’s Disciplinary Committee.
From 2011 to 2017, he was also a member of the Ghana Football Association Elections Committee.
He serves as a member of the Legal Service Board; the Ministerial Advisory Board of the Ministry of Justice; the Board of the University of Ghana Medical Centre; the Board of the Public Procurement Authority; the National Security Council Council; the Judicial Council of Ghana; the Police Council; the General Legal Council; the Board of Legal Education and the Governing Board of the Public Private Partnership Committee of Ghana.
Sworn in as Ghana’s youngest Attorney General
Dame was sworn in as Ghana’s youngest Attorney General and Minister for Justice by President Akufo-Addo on 5 March 2021.
Before assuming that office, he previously served as deputy attorney general from 2017 – 2021. He is a member of the 8th Cabinet of the Government of the Fourth Republic.
Transformed the Attorney General’s office
He transformed the image of the Attorney General’s Office into a formidable force in litigation.
He is particularly noted for leading the efforts of the government to recover the money paid by businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, ensuring the termination of three mining leases given in favour of Exton Cubic Company Limited, the challenge to the constitutionality of the appointment of Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor, the challenge to the creation of new regions in Ghana, the challenge to the compilation of a new register of voters by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and many other cases.
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