George Akuffo Dampare

George Akuffo Dampare (born July 14, 1970) is a Ghanaian chartered accountant and police officer. He was appointed the acting Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service by President Nana Akufo-Addo on 21 July 2021, effective 1 August 2021, taking over from James Oppong-Boanuh who had been serving since October 2019.

Dampare was the youngest Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to be appointed in the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the eighth youngest since Ghana gained independence.

Dampare served as the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) until 13 March 2025, when he was removed from office by President John Dramani Mahama and replaced by Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno.

Education In 1989 and 1992, Dampare passed the GCE Ordinary and Advanced level examinations respectively as a private candidate. He went on to study accounting completing his ACCA course at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) between February 1994 to December 1996 and became a Chartered Accountant in 1996, at age 25. He holds two Master of Science degrees in Accounting & Finance from London South Bank University, UK, and Business Systems Analysis & Design from City University of London, UK. He also has a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Finance and Management from the University of London's King's College London. the GPS's Chief Internal Auditor, the Municipal Commander for Cape Coast, the Regional Commander for Railways, Ports and Harbour (now the Police Marine Department), the Accra Regional Police Commander, and the Commandant of the Police Command and Staff College. He is also one of the pioneer lecturers at the Business School of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi.

Inspector–General of Police On 21 July 2021, Dampare was appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo as the acting Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service effective 1 August 2021, taking over from James Oppong-Boanuh who had been serving since October 2019.

On 12 September 2023, Dampare appeared before a parliamentary ad-hoc committee chaired by Samuel Atta Akyea about a leaked audio by some police officers and a commissioner of Police, George Alexander Mensah and Bugri Naabu, a former Northern regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), in a conversation over a plot to remove him as the IGP. In the leaked audio, the Police Commissioner is heard telling the Naabu that the NPP should forget winning the next general elections if Dampare remains in office.

Personal life Dampare is married to Anita Akuffo Dampare with six children, five sons and one daughter. He is a devoted Christian, a member and elder of The Church of Pentecost.