Fred Kwasi Apaloo

Fred Kwasi Apaloo (* January 9, 1921; † 2 April 2000) was a leading lawyer and politician in Ghana and Kenya.

Life and career

Apaloo grew up in Ghana and completed his secondary education in 1942 at the Accra Academy from. Apaloo had in Ghana the post of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana 1977-1986 as the official successor of Samuel Azu Crabbe as the sixth Chief Justice of the independent Ghana, and nineteenth Chief Justice, including the predecessor in the Gold Coast colony. Apaloo was E.N.P. Sowah in the office of Chief Justice superseded in Ghana.

Apaloo was Chief Justice during the military government of the Supreme Military Council ( SMC) under Ignatius Kutu Acheampong. Despite the power transfer in 1978 to Fred Akuffo and in 1979, first to the military junta under Jerry Rawlings and later in the year to President Hilla Aeschlimann Apaloo remained in office exist. Only after another transition of power to Jerry Rawlings in 1981 Apaloo retired from office in 1986 and is now the Chief Justice in the history of Ghana with the most frequent changes in power during his tenure.

Apaloo was in March 1993 in Kenya successor in office by Judge Alan Hancox in the office of Chief Justice.