The Chief of the Naval Staff is the head of the Naval operations and the administrative head in the Ghana Navy. The current Chief of Naval Staff is Rear Admiral Issah Yakubu.
| Chief of the Naval staff | |
|---|---|
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 Ghana Navy | |
| Style | Admiral/Sir |
| Reports to | Chief of Defence |
| Seat | Navy HQ, Burma Camp |
| Appointer | President of Ghana |
| Term length | No fixed length |
| Formation | January 1959 |
| First holder | D. A. Foreman |
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List of officeholders edit
| No. | Picture | Chief of Naval Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commodore D. A. Foreman (1910–1967) | Jan 1959 | Jun 1961 | 2 years, 5 months | [1] | |
| 2 | Rear Admiral David Animle Hansen (1923–2008) First Ghanaian Chief of Naval Staff | Sep 1961 | Jun 1967 | 5 years, 9 months | [1] | |
| 3 | Air Vice Marshal Michael Otu (1925–2006) | Jun 1967 | Mar 1968 | 9 months | [1] | |
| 4 | Commodore Philemon Quaye (1924–2010) | Apr 1968 | May 1972 | 4 years, 1 month | [1] | |
| 5 | Commodore Joy Amedume (?–1979) | May 1972 | Jan 1973 | 8 months | [1] | |
| 6 | Commodore Chemogoh Kevin Dzang (1941–2009) | Feb 1973 | Aug 1974 | 1 year, 6 months | [1] | |
| 7 | Commodore G. Bedu-Addo | Aug 1974 | Jul 1975 | 10 months | [1] | |
| (6) | Rear Admiral Chemogoh Kevin Dzang (1941–2009) | Jul 1975 | Jun 1977 | 1 year, 11 months | [1] | |
| (5) | Rear Admiral Joy Amedume (?–1979) | Jun 1977 | Jun 1979 | 2 years | [1] | |
| 8 | Commander Ken Dadzie | Jun 1979 | Jun 1979 | 0 months | [1][2] | |
| 9 | Commodore Stephen Obimpeh (born 1941) | Jun 1979 | Dec 1981 | 2 years, 5 months | [1] | |
| 10 | Captain J. W. Boateng | Jan 1982 | Mar 1982 | 2 months | [1] | |
| 11 | Commodore J. K. Oppong | Mar 1982 | Jul 1985 | 3 years, 4 months | [1] | |
| 12 | Rear Admiral Benjamin Ohene-Kwapong | Jul 1985 | Jun 1990 | 4 years, 11 months | [1] | |
| 13 | Rear Admiral Tom Annan | Jun 1990 | Sept 1996 | 6 years, 3 months | [1] | |
| 14 | Vice Admiral E. O. Owusu-Ansah | Oct 1996 | Mar 2001 | 4 years, 6 months | [1] | |
| 15 | Rear Admiral John Gbenah | Mar 2001 | June 2005 | 4 years, 3 months | [1][3] | |
| 16 | Rear Admiral Arthur Nunoo | May 2005 | Mar 2009 | 3 years, 10 months | [1][4] | |
| 17 | Rear Admiral Matthew Quashie (1951–2020) | Apr 2009 | Mar 2013 | 3 years, 11 months | [5][6] | |
| 18 | Rear Admiral Geoffrey Mawuli Biekro (born 1952) | Mar 2013 | 15 January 2016 | 2 years, 10 months | [7] | |
| 19 | Rear Admiral Peter Faidoo | 15 January 2016 | 21 December 2018 | 2 years, 11 months | [8] | |
| 20 | Rear Admiral Seth Amoama | 21 December 2018 | 5 February 2021 | 2 years, 1 month | [9] | |
| – | Rear Admiral Issah Yakubu Acting | 5 February 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 2 months | [10] |
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References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Past Naval Chiefs". gaf.mil.gh/. Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Ghana News, Volumes 8". Ghana News. Washington, D.C. : Embassy of Ghana: 3. 1979.
- ^ "Immediate Past Chief of Naval Staff - Ghana Navy". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. 22 April 2005. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
- ^ "Chief of Naval Staff - Ghana Navy". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. 21 May 2005. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
- ^ "Vice Admiral Mathew Quashie hands over office of CNS". www.gaf.mil.gh. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ^ "New CDS And Service Commanders Appointed". ghanareporters.com. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ^ "Profile of Rear Admiral GM Biekro Chief of the Naval Staff – Ghana Navy". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. 2013. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Meeting with the new Chief of Defence Staff and the Chief of Navy Staff". Embassy of France Accra. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "Akufo-Addo appoints new chiefs of Naval, Air Staff". GhanaWeb. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe - Africa visits Accra for Obangame Express 2021 Open". United States Navy. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.