Anthony Forson

Anthony Forson is a Ghanaian politician, lawyer and diplomat.[1] He was the Attorney General of Ghana from 1 March 1993 to 30 October 1993, and Ghana's High Commissioner to India from 1994 to 1997.

Forson was called to the Ghana Bar in 1964.[2] During the 1992 Ghanaian General Election, he contested for the Takoradi seat on the ticket of the National Convention Party (NCP) but lost the seat to Tabitha Sybil Quaye.[3] He became Attorney General and Minister for Justice on 1 March 1993 but resigned on 30 October 1993.[2][4] While it remains unclear why he resigned, his successor Obed Asamoah has suggested he resigned over public criticism of his performance.[5] Others speculated that he resigned upon pressure from then president, Jerry John Rawlings.[6] Following his resignation, Kow Nkensen Arkaah (then vice-president) and Dr. S. Budu Arthur (then deputy speaker of parliament) became the only NCP representatives that held office in the then Rawlings government.[7] On 14 June 1994 he was appointed Ghana's High Commissioner to the Republic of India with accreditation to Sri Lanka.[2][8][9][10] While serving as High Commissioner, he pursued a master's degree program in Civil Law at the New Delhi University and received the Sivasubramanian Memorial Gold Medal after securing the highest marks in Comparative Jurisprudence for his LLM/MCL degree.[2][11] He remained Ghana's High Commissioner to the Republic of India until 1997.[2] He now serves as the chairman of tForson and Co. law chamber.[2] His fields of expertise include; Higher Courts Advocacy, Administrative and Constitutional Law, Litigation, Commercial Law, Family Law, and Law of the Sea.[2]

He is married to Marian Forson and the father of the Ghana Bar Association president, Anthony Forson, Jnr.[9]