Archibald Lartey Djabatey
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| order = 11th
| office = Attorney General of Ghana
| term_start = 1 October 1981
| term_end = 31 December 1981
| president = Hilla Limann
| predecessor = Joe Reindorf
| successor = George Emmanuel Kwesi Aikins
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| nationality = Ghanaian
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted|University of London|Gray's Inn}}
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Archibald Lartey Djabatey{{Cite book|last=Ghana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cQFQAQAAMAAJ&q=archibald+djabatey|title=The Supreme Court of Ghana Centenary: Souvenir, 1876-1976|date=1976|publisher=University Press|language=en}} was a Ghanaian lawyer and former Attorney General of Ghana.
Djabatey hailed from Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He received his bachelor of laws degree from the University of London and was called to the Ghanaian Bar in 1964. Following his call to the bar, he subsequently became a State Attorney and later a Senior State Attorney.{{Cite book|last=Congress|first=Ghana Commission of Enquiry into the Funds of the Ghana Trades Union|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_VYmAQAAMAAJ&q=djabatey+Attorney|title=Report|date=1968|publisher=The Commission|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Secretary|first=Ghana National Redemption Council Office of the Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3UNAQAAIAAJ&q=djabatey+Attorney|title=Third Year in Office of Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, 13th January 1974-12th January 1975|date=1975|publisher=Office of the Press Secretary to the National Redemption Council|language=en}} In 1979, during the third republic, he was appointed deputy Attorney General to the then Attorney General, Joe Reindorf.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BToOAQAAMAAJ&q=djabatey+Attorney|title=West Africa|date=1981|publisher=West Africa Publishing Company Limited|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PlTjAAAAMAAJ&q=djabatey+Attorney|title=Africa Diary|date=1981|publisher=M. Chhabra|language=en}} In 1980, when Joe Reindorf was moved to the Ministry of Local Government, Djabatey was elevated to the status of Attorney General and Minister of Justice.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAwbx_PKGxsC&q=djabatey+Attorney&pg=RA18-PA3|title=Ghana News|date=1979|publisher=Embassy of Ghana|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tmUEAQAAIAAJ&q=djabatey|title=Sub-Saharan Africa Report|date=1981|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service.|language=en}} Following the overthrow of the Limann government on 31 December 1981, he was replaced by George Emmanuel Kwesi Aikens of the PNDC government. Djabatey then moved to the United Kingdom where he was called the English Bar at Gray's Inn in 1983.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c_RyAAAAMAAJ&q=djabatey+grays|title=West Africa|date=1983|publisher=West Africa Publishing Company Limited|language=en}} He practiced with a chamber in London in the proceeding years.
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Category:20th-century Ghanaian lawyers