Joseph Boateng Danquah
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Lieutenant General
Joseph Boateng Danquah (born 7 July 1947) was the Chief of Defence Staff
(CDS) of the Ghana Armed Forces
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, Accra
. He did his junior and senior staff courses in Ghana and Nigeria
respectively.
on 14 December 1969. He has held various positions including the Commanding Officer of the Third Battalion of Infantry and Four Training Battalion. He has also been Director, Army Operations and Assistant Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (Junior Division).
between October 1990 to June 1991. He has had three duty tours on United Nations peacekeeping missions UNIFIL, southern Lebanon
. He was Company Commander of Ghanbatt 13 on his first duty tour, from May to December 1980. Next he was the Second-in-Command of Ghanbatt 20, between June 1983 to January 1984. His final tour was as Commanding Officer of Ghanbatt 36 from September 1991 to April 1992.
Kufuor
. He was retired in January 2009 when John Atta Mills came to power following the 2008 presidential elections
.
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
Joseph Boateng Danquah (born 7 July 1947) was the Chief of Defence Staff
Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana)
The Chief of the Defence Staff is the professional head of the Ghana Armed Forces. He is thus responsible for the administration and the operational control and command of the Ghana military. The Ghana Army was formed after World War II out of the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African...
(CDS) of the Ghana Armed Forces
Military of Ghana
The Ghana Armed Forces consists of the Army, Navy, and the Air Force. It is supervised by the Ministry of Defence . With around 7,000 personnel serving in the Ghanian military, Ghana has the lowest ratio of active troops per thousand citizens in the world, standing at 0.33. However, the Ghanaian...
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Military training
Joseph Danquah had his basic military training at the Ghana Military Academy at TeshieTeshie
Teshie is a city in Ghana in the Greater Accra Region. Fort Augustaborg, built by the Danes in 1787, is located in Teshie and was occupied by the British from 1850 to 1957. The national Officer Cadet Training School and Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre are also located here...
, Accra
Accra
Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, with an urban population of 1,658,937 according to the 2000 census. Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region and of the Accra Metropolitan District, with which it is coterminous...
. He did his junior and senior staff courses in Ghana and Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
respectively.
Career
Danquah was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the Ghana armyGhana Army
The Ghana Army is the army of the West African nation of Ghana. In 1959, two years after the Gold Coast obtained independence as Ghana, the Gold Coast Regiment was withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force, and formed the basis for the new Ghanaian Army...
on 14 December 1969. He has held various positions including the Commanding Officer of the Third Battalion of Infantry and Four Training Battalion. He has also been Director, Army Operations and Assistant Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (Junior Division).
Peacekeeping duties
Danquah was the Commanding Officer of the Second Ghana Battalion of the ECOWAS Ceasefire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) based in LiberiaLiberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
between October 1990 to June 1991. He has had three duty tours on United Nations peacekeeping missions UNIFIL, southern Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
. He was Company Commander of Ghanbatt 13 on his first duty tour, from May to December 1980. Next he was the Second-in-Command of Ghanbatt 20, between June 1983 to January 1984. His final tour was as Commanding Officer of Ghanbatt 36 from September 1991 to April 1992.
Senior military duties
Between August 1999 and March 2001, he was Chief Staff Officer at Army Headquarters. Prior to his appointment as CDS, he had been the General Officer Commanding the Southern Command of the Ghana army from March 2001. On 20 May 2005, Danquah then a Brigadier, was promoted Major General and appointed the CDS of the Ghana Armed Forces by PresidentPresident of Ghana
The President of Ghana is the elected head of state and head of government of Ghana. Officially styled President of the Republic of Ghana and Commander-in-Chief of the Ghanaian Armed Forces. The current President of Ghana is Prof. John Atta Mills, who took office in January...
Kufuor
John Kufuor
John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor was the second president of the 4th Republic of Ghana and Chairperson of the African Union...
. He was retired in January 2009 when John Atta Mills came to power following the 2008 presidential elections
Ghanaian presidential election, 2008
A presidential election was held in Ghana on 7 December 2008, at the same time as a parliamentary election. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, a run-off election was held on 28 December, 2008 between the two candidates who received the most votes, Nana Akufo-Addo and John Atta...
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