Joe Reindorf Explained

Joe Reindorf
Order:10th
Office:Attorney General of Ghana
Term Start:24 September 1979
Term End:August 1981
President:Hilla Limann
Predecessor:Austin Amissah
Successor:A. L. Djabatey
Birth Date:1924
Birth Name:Joe Reindorf
Birth Place:Accra, Gold Coast
Death Date:1996
Nationality:Ghanaian
Education:Achimota School
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge

Joe Reindorf (1924 – 1996) was a Ghanaian historian, lawyer and politician. He served in the third republic as Attorney General and minister for Justice of Ghana.[1]

Early life and education

Formerly a pupil of Achimota School, his contemporaries included K. B. Asante, Victor Owusu and R. R. Amponsah.[2] He was a research student in history at Cambridge University in 1951, completing his studies in 1956 and finishing a law degree at the same time.[3] [1]

Career

He was called to the English bar in 1954. He returned to Ghana after his research studies in 1956 to enter into private legal practice. In 1962 he joined the University of Ghana as a research fellow in history. This stint ended in 1966 when he went back into private practice.[1] He was president of the Ghana Bar Association in 1970–1971.

Politics

During the inception of the third republic in 1979, he was appointed Attorney General and minister for Justice[4] in the Limann led government. He resigned after he was moved to the ministry of Local Government in a 1981 ministerial reshuffle.[5] He was replaced by his deputy Archibald Lartey Djabatey.[1]

Death

He died in 1996 at the age of 72.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. West Africa, Issues 4119-4130 . Afrimedia International . 1867 . 1996 . West Africa.
  2. [Anis Haffar]
  3. Book: Goody, Jack . Jack Goody

    . Jack Goody . 1995 . The expansive moment: the rise of social anthropology in Britain and Africa, 1918-1970 . 121. 9780521456661 .

  4. News: Ohene . Elizabeth . 1980-02-16 . Extradition of Escapees Being Looked Into- Reindorf . Daily Graphic . 2019-03-09.
  5. West Africa, Issues  3336-3360 . West Africa Publishing Company Limited . 2634 . 1981.