| Honorific-Prefix: | Justice |
| Benjamin Teiko Aryeetey | |
| Office: | Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana |
| Term Start: | 2009 |
| Term End: | 2011 |
| Appointer: | John Atta Mills |
| Office1: | Appeal Court Judge |
| Nominator1: | Jerry John Rawlings |
| Term Start1: | 1999 |
| Term End1: | 2009 |
| Office2: | High Court Judge |
| President2: | Jerry John Rawlings |
| Term Start2: | 1989 |
| Term End2: | 1999 |
| Birth Date: | 14 June 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Ghana |
| Nationality: |  Ghanaian |
| Profession: | Judge |
Benjamin Teiko Aryeetey was a Ghanaian academic and judge. He is a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He spent a total of forty (40) years serving on the bench of the Judiciary of Ghana. He was also a lecturer at the Ghana School of Law.
Aryeetey was born on June 14, 1941.[1] He studied for his First Division Certificate in the West African School Certificate Examination at Mfantsipim School from 1956 to 1960.[1] He proceeded to the Winneba Training College in 1960 where he obtained a Teacher's Certificate 'A' in 1962.[1] In 1963, he entered Achimota School obtaining his General Certificate of Education Advance Level (GCE A-Level) in 1965.[1] He received his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1968 from the University of Ghana and his post-graduate degree in law from the same university.[1]
Aryeetey began his career at the bench as a District Magistrate Grade II in April 1971.[1] He was appointed a Justice of the High Court in 1989 and, a year later, served with the Ghana Armed Forces as a Judge Advocate.[1] He was subsequently promoted as a Justice of the Court of Appeal in April 1999,[2] and he served in that capacity until 2009 when he was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.[1] While on the bench, he participated in a number of conferences and workshops, some of which include; African Programme on American Legal Institution and Jurisprudence in the United States, Operation Cross Roads and Commonwealth Magistrates, and Judges Association Workshop in The Gambia.[1]
Justice Aryeetey also served on and chaired various boards and associations.[1] He was a member of the Judges and Magistrates Association and also served as Chairman of Maranatha University College Board.[1]
Aside from serving on the bench, Aryeetey worked in academia.[1] He was a lecturer for the Career Magistrates Programme teaching Judicial Ethics and an examiner for the final year Practical Advocacy course at the Ghana School of Law.[1]
Aryeetey was nominated by the then president of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills in 2009. He was subsequently vetted on Monday, October 12, 2009[3] and approved by parliament on October 31, 2009.[4] He was sworn into office by the then president on November 2, 2009.[5]