David Anumle Hansen

Rear Admiral David Animle Hansen (17 May 1923 – 28 January 2008) was the first Ghanaian to be appointed Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy.

David Animle Hansen
Rear Admiral David Hansen
Born1923
Ghana
Died2008
AllegianceGhana
Service/branchGhana Navy
RankRear Admiral
Commands heldChief of Naval Staff

Education and training

David Hansen trained at the Eaton Hall Officer Cadet School in the United Kingdom.[1] In earlier years he had attended Accra Academy and upon completion had worked briefly for Ghana Post .

Career

Army

On the completion of his training, Hansen was commissioned into the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force, on 20 January 1951. In 1958, he became one of the original officers of the Ghana Regiment, when the Gold Coast gained its independence. He was then selected to transfer from the Ghana Army, to be a founding officer of the new Ghana Navy.

When the Ghana Navy was established on 29 July 1959,[2] its first head was D. A. Foreman, a retired British naval officer. He was commissioned as a Ghana Navy officer, with the rank of Commodore, to give the new service a proper naval grounding. David Hansen worked alongside him, combining his own Ghanaian military experience with Foreman's Royal Navy expertise to give the new service its own distinct ethos and identity. Hansen was duly appointed as the first Ghanaian Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy and retired with the flag rank of Rear Admiral.[3]

In addition, he served as an aide-de-camp to President Kwame Nkrumah.

Honours

The Ghana Navy ship GNS Hansen was named after him.[1]

References
  1. "Barracks: The History behind those names". PART 7 – EPILOGUE Section 3. Segun Toyin Dawodu. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
  2. "Historical Background of The Ghana Navy". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
  3. "The Security Services" (PDF). National Reconciliation Commission Report Volume 4 Chapter 1. Ghana government. October 2004. pp. 3 & 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
Military offices
Preceded by
Commodore D. A. Foreman		 Chief of Naval Staff
September 1961 – June 1967		 Succeeded by
Air Vice Marshal Michael Otu


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