Dixon Kwame Afreh

Dixon Kwame Afreh (1933 – 2004) was a Ghanaian judge, academic and a former Deputy Electoral Commissioner.

Early life and education Afreh's secondary education was at the Achimota School in Ghana between 1949 and 1954. He then studied law at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, completing in July 1958. He also studied for a Masters in Law at the University of London from October 1958 to October 1960.

Career Kwame Afreh was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, London in February 1960.

Legal work From 1975 until 1978, he was a Chief State Attorney at the Attorney General's Department in Accra. He was also the Director of Legal Education at the General Legal Council between April 1973 and June 1980.

Other work Afreh became Head of Administration and later Financial Controller at the Pan-African News Agency in Dakar, Senegal between June 1981 and October 1992. He was also Deputy Electoral Commissioner of the Electoral Commission of Ghana from 1992 to 1994. He returned to legal work following this appointment. He was the Commissioner for Information and Cocoa Affairs under the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council in 1979.

Politics During the second republic of Ghana, Afreh served as Deputy General Secretary of the Justice Party.

Death Kwame Afreh died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital following an illness. He was buried in his hometown of Barekese in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.