predecessor successor death_date death_place nationality office termstart termend appointer birth_date article_title name
sir kobina arku korsah edward akufo-addo january 1972 -lrb- aged 63 -rrb- accra gha & nbsp ; ghanaian 2nd chief justice of ghana 1964 1966 dr. kwame nkrumah 8 september 1908 julius sarkodee-addo
 julius sarkodee-addo
julius sarkodee-addo

justice julius sarkodee-addo -lrb- 8 september 1908 -- january 1972 -rrb- was the second chief justice of ghana during the first republic .
he was educated at king 's college london , admitted to inner temple in 1928 , and called to the bar in 1932 .
he replaced the first native ghanaian chief justice , sir kobina arku korsah in 1964 .
he was removed after the coup d'état of 24 february 1966 by the military national liberation council government which was formed after the overthrew of dr. kwame nkrumah .
sarkodee-addo died in january 1972 at the korle-bu teaching hospital in accra .
