Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist, wanda aka fi sani da Paa Quist (21 ga Mayu 1880, a garin Christiansborg, Accra - 30 ga Maris 1959) ya kasan d lauya, malami kuma alkali, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Kakakin Majalisar Dokokin Gold Coast na farko da Kakakin Majalisa na farko a majalisar dokokin kasar Ghana. An haifi Emmanuel Charles Quist a shekarar 1880 a garin Christiansborg, Accra. Shi ne ɗan Rev. Carl Quist (1843 - 99), ministan Ofishin Jakadancin Basel daga Osu, Accra. Mahaifiyarsa Ga-Danish, Paulina Richter, ta fito daga gidan sarautar Anomabo. Mahaifin Richter shine Heinrich Richter (1785–1849), fitaccen ɗan Yuro-Afirka daga Osu. Zuriyar Richter kuma sun haɗa da Philip Christian Richter (haihuwa 1903), masanin ilimi da ministan Presbyterian da Ernest Richter (haihuwa 1922), jami'in diflomasiyya. Carl Quist shima dan asalin Ga-Danish ne kuma ɗayan ɗayan 'yan uwan ​​Kvist uku (anglicised to Quist) wanda ya zo Gold Coast ta Holland a 1840. 'Yan uwan, duk' yan asalin Danes, sun zauna daban a Cape Coast, Christiansborg da Keta.