Chief of Army Staff (Ghana)
Chief of the Army Staff | |
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Incumbent Major General Bismarck Kwasi Onwona since 1 February 2024 | |
Ghana Army | |
Member of | the Defence Staff |
Reports to | Chief of the Defence Staff |
Appointer | President of Ghana in consultation with the Council of State of Ghana |
Term length | No fixed length |
The Chief of Army Staff is the title of the professional head of the
President Akuffo-Addo on 24 January 2024.[2]
List of Chiefs of Army Staff
No. | Portrait | Chief of Army Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | D. H. Tadman as Brigade Commander | Brigadier? | 1959 | ? | . | |
2 | Alexander George Victor Paley (1903–1976) as Army Commander | Brigadier1959 | 11 January 1960 | 0–1 years | . | |
3 | Henry Templer Alexander (1911–1977) as Combined CDS and Army Commander | Major General11 January 1960 | December 1961 | 1 year, 10 months | . | |
4 | Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915–1992) | BrigadierDecember 1961 | October 1962 | 10 months | [3] | |
5 | Stephen Otu (1915–1979) | Major generalOctober 1962 | July 1965 | 2 years, 9 months | [3] | |
6 | C. M. Barwah (?–1966) | BrigadierJuly 1965 | February 1966 † | 7 months | [3] | |
7 | Albert Kwesi Ocran (1929–2019) | BrigadierFebruary 1966 | August 1966 | 7 months | [3] | |
8 | Clelend Cofie Bruce | Major generalAugust 1966 | May 1967 | 8 months | [3] | |
(7) | Albert Kwesi Ocran (1929–2019) | Major generalMay 1967 | November 1968 | 1 year, 6 months | [3] | |
9 | D. C. K. Amenu | BrigadierNovember 1968 | August 1969 | 9 months | [3] | |
10 | Daniel K. Addo | Major GeneralAugust 1969 | June 1971 | 1 year, 10 months | [3] | |
11 | J. R. K. Acquah | BrigadierJune 1971 | October 1971 | 4 months | [3] | |
12 | H. D. Twum-Barimah | BrigadierOctober 1971 | January 1972 | 3 months | [3] | |
13 | Emmanuel Alexander Erskine (1935–2021) | ColonelJanuary 1972 | February 1972 | 1 month | [3] | |
14 | D. A. Asare | BrigadierFebruary 1972 | January 1973 | 11 months | [3] | |
(13) | Emmanuel Alexander Erskine (1935–2021) | BrigadierFebruary 1973 | April 1974 | 1 year, 2 months | [3] | |
15 | Fred Akuffo (1937–1979) | BrigadierMay 1974 | November 1976 | 2 years, 6 months | [3] | |
16 | Robert Kotei (1935–1979) | Major generalNovember 1976 | July 1978 | 1 year, 8 months | [3] | |
17 | Neville Alexander Odartey-Wellington (1934–1979) | Major generalJuly 1978 | 4 June 1979 † | 11 months | [3] | |
18 | W. W. Bruce-Konuah (1941–2011) | Colonel6 June 1979 | July 1979 | 0 months | [4] | |
19 | Arnold Quainoo | BrigadierJuly 1979 | November 1979 | 4 months | [3] | |
20 | I. K. Amoah | BrigadierNovember 1979 | December 1981 | 2 years, 1 month | [3] | |
(19) | Arnold Quainoo | Major generalJanuary 1982 | June 1987 | 5 years, 5 months | [3] | |
21 | W.M. Mensah-Wood | Major generalJune 1987 | June 1990 | 3 years | [3] | |
22 | Ben Akafia (born 1940) | Major generalJune 1990 | September 1996 | 6 years, 3 months | [3] | |
23 | Joseph Henry Smith (1945–2023) | Major generalOctober 1996 | February 2001 | 4 years, 4 months | [3] | |
24 | Clayton Yaache | Major generalFebruary 2001 | 20 May 2005 | 4 years, 3 months | [3] | |
25 | Samuel Odotei | Major general20 May 2005 | 31 March 2009 | 3 years, 10 months | [3] | |
26 | 31 March 2009 | 4 April 2013 | 4 years | [3][5] | ||
27 | Richard Opoku-Adusei | Major general4 April 2013 | 1 July 2016 | 3 years, 2 months | [2] | |
28 | Obed Akwa (born 1955) | Major general1 July 2016 | 9 February 2017 | 7 months | [6] | |
29 | William Azure Ayamdo | Major General9 February 2017 | 18 February 2020 | 3 years | . | |
30 | Thomas Oppong-Peprah | Major General18 February 2020 | 31 January 2024 | 4 years, 1 month | . | |
31 | Bismarck Kwasi Onwona | Major General18 February 2020 | Incumbent | 2 months | . |
References
- ^ Army Chief of Staff, Ayamdo is new (9 February 2017). "Ayamdo is new Army Chief of Staff". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Chief of Army Staff-COAS Profile of Major General Richard Opoku-Adusei". Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y CoAS, Past. "Past Chiefs of the Army Staff". gafonline.mil.gh. Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Ghana News, Volumes 8". Ghana News. Washington, D.C. : Embassy of Ghana: 3. 1979.
- ^ "Chief of Army Staff-COAS". Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ Online, Myjoy. "President appoints new Chief of Army Staff". www.myjoyonline.com. Multimedia Group. Retrieved 2 June 2017.