Emmanuel Gyekye Tanoh
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Emmanuel Gyekye Tanoh | |
|---|---|
| 13th Attorney General of Ghana | |
| In office 14 December 1988 – 1 April 1993 | |
| President | Jerry John Rawlings |
| Preceded by | George Emmanuel Kwesi Aikins |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Forson |
| Secretary for Chieftaincy Affairs | |
| In office 1986–1988 | |
| President | Jerry Rawlings |
| Secretary for Health | |
| In office 1984–1986 | |
| President | Jerry Rawlings |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emmanuel Kwesi Gyekye Tanoh 30 August 1925 Agona Nsaba, Ghana |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Emmanuel Kwesi Gyekye Tanoh (born 30 August 1925) was a Ghanaian educationist, lawyer and politician. He was an Attorney General of Ghana, Minister for Health and Minister for Chieftaincy.
Tanoh was born on 30 August 1925 at Agona Nsaba in the Central Region of Ghana.[1] He had his early education at the Presbyterian Primary School at Agona Nsaba from 1931 to 1933 and at the Presbyterian Primary School at Agona Nyakrom from 1934 to 1936.[1] From there, he proceeded to the Methodist Senior School at Agona Nyakrom in 1936. Tanoh had his secondary education at Mfantsipim School, where he studied from 1939 to 1944.[1] In 1945, he enrolled at Achimota College for a two-year programme.[1] In 1948, he was admitted to the University of St. Andrews for his undergraduate studies, graduating in 1951.[1] He then continued at the University of London for his postgraduate teacher's certificate, which he was awarded in 1953.[2] He began his legal studies in 1955 and was called to the English Bar in 1958.[2]