Julius Ansah
{{Short description|Ghanaian judge (1950–2024)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Justice of the Supreme Court Ghana
| birth_date = {{birth year|1950}}
| death_date = September 2024 (aged 74)
| office = October 2004 – 2020
| nationality = Ghanaian
| alma_mater = Ofori Panin Senior High School, Prempeh College
| appointer = John Kuffour
}}
Julius Ansah (1950 – September 2024) was a Ghanaian judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from 2004 to 2020.
Ansah was nominated to the Supreme Court of Ghana by John Kufuor, who was then the President of Ghana.{{cite web |title=3 Judges nominated to Supreme Court |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/3-Judges-nominated-to-Supreme-Court-60888 |website=ghanaweb.com |publisher=GhanaWeb |accessdate=12 January 2020 |date=2 July 2004}} He was sworn in by John Kufuor in October 2004 along with two other new Supreme Court judges, Felix Michael Lartey and Richard Twum Aninakwah.{{cite web |title=Ten Justices sworn into office to the Superior Courts of Judicature |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Ten-Justices-sworn-into-office-to-the-Superior-Courts-of-Judicature-67827 |website=ghanaweb.com |publisher=GhanaWeb |accessdate=12 January 2020 |date=15 October 2004}} As the most senior judge at the time,{{cite web |title=Chief Justice appointment: Ansah most senior now not Dotse – Ndebugri shreds seniority argument |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Chief-Justice-appointment-Ansah-most-senior-now-not-Dotse-Ndebugri-shreds-seniority-argument-818980 |website=ghanaweb.com |publisher=GhanaWeb |accessdate=12 January 2020 |date=18 December 2019}} he acted as the Chief Justice of Ghana between 20 December 2019 and 7 January 2020 following the retirement of Sophia Akuffo as the Chief Justice.{{cite web |title=President swears in new Chief Justice |url=https://ghananewsagency.org/politics/president-swears-in-new-chief-justice-162250 |website=ghananewsagency.org |publisher=Ghana News Agency |accessdate=12 January 2020 |date=7 January 2020}} Kwasi Anin-Yeboah succeeded Akuffo as the next Chief Justice.{{cite web |title=Akufo-Addo swears in Anin Yeboah as new CJ today |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-swears-in-Anin-Yeboah-as-new-CJ-today-830902 |website=ghanaweb, org |publisher=Ghana Web |accessdate=12 January 2020 |date=7 January 2020}}
During 2018 when he also served as the acting Chief Justice, he wrote a letter of apology to nine judges whose homes were to be affected by the National Cathedral Project envisaged by the Government of Ghana. Two of the affected judges, Mariama Owusu and Avril Lovelace-Johnson later joined him in the Supreme Court in December 2019.{{cite web |title=Acting CJ apologises to judges affected by cathedral project |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/acting-cj-apologises-to-judges-affected-by-cathedral-project.html |website=graphic.com.gh |publisher=Graphic Communications Group ltd. |accessdate=12 January 2020 |date=29 August 2018}}
Ansah died in September 2024, at the age of 74.{{cite news |last1=Asare |first1=Wilberforce |title=Retired Supreme Court judge, Julius Ansah has died |url=https://www.asaaseradio.com/retired-supreme-court-judge-julius-ansah-has-died/?amp=1 |access-date=12 September 2024 |publisher=Asaase Radio |date=12 September 2024}}{{cite web |title=Former Supreme Court judge Julius Ansah is dead |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Former-Supreme-Court-judge-Julius-Ansah-is-dead-1950516 |website=ghanaweb.com |access-date=3 October 2024 |date=13 September 2024}}