Smyly Chinery

Smyly Cleland Amu Chinery, (12 March 1923 – 7 October 2024) was a Ghanaian civil servant who became one of Ghana's first District Commissioners in the country’s Northern Region.

Early life and education He was born on 12 March 1923 in Accra, Gold Coast to Cecil Cleland Chinery and Kate Chinery (née Kotey). He was educated at the St. Mary’s Anglican Elementary School and the Bishop Boys’ School, both in Accra.

Career Before his intermediary studies at Achimota, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture from 1944 to 1946.