Sophia Akuffo – Ghana
Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo is the current Chief Justice of Ghana, succeeding Georgina Theodora Wood. She has been a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana since 1995 appointed to the Supreme Court by the former President Jerry John Rawlings on November 30, 1995. On January 22, 2006, she was elected as one of the first judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights during the 11th AU Summit, held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. She served her two-year term and afterwards was reelected till 2014, when she served as the Vice President of the court, and then President until her appointment as Chief Justice.
Akuffo was nominated as Chief Justice on May 11, 2017, by Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana, under whom she trained as a lawyer. She was extensively questioned by parliament, confirmed and sworn in on June 19, 2017, as the thirteenth and second successive female Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana.
