By Joyce Danso, GNA
Accra, Sept.23, GNA- President John Dramani Mahama on September 23, 2025, nominated Justice Paul Baffoe Bonnie as Chief Justice of Ghana.
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie’s nomination comes after Chief Justice Gertrude Essaba Araba Sackey Torkornoo was removed as Chief Justice on the grounds of misconduct.
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie, the most senior person at bench, took up the role of the Acting Chief Justice in April 2025, following Justice Torkornoo suspension and subsequent removal.
He has been a Justice of the Supreme Court since the year 2008.
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie started his career as a Circuit Court Judge at Duayaw Nkwanta in the Brong Ahafo Region and Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, respectively from the year 1993 to 1999.
He became a High Court Judge in the year 2000 and served in Kumasi and Sunyani.
Between the year 2003 and 2006, he was selected to be one of the judges to preside over the then newly established Fast Track High Courts in Accra.
He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in the year 2006 to 2008.
Since his appointment as the Acting Chief Justice, he has been acting as the Chairperson of the General Legal Council, Acting Chairman, Board of Legal Education and Acting Chairman of the Judicial Council.
Since the year 2020, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie has been the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council and Chairman of the Election Management Committee of the Judicial Service.
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie is a product of Ghana School of Law and University of Ghana.
He had his primary education at Goaso R/C Primary and Middle School and his secondary education at Konongo/Odumasi Secondary where he sat for his Ordinary and Advance Level certificates.
Born on December 26, 1956, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie hails from Goaso in Ahafo Region.
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie is married, and his hobbies are watching football, listening to music and walking.
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