Peter Blay

{{Short description|Chief of Defence Staff, Ghana}}

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Peter Blay is a Ghanaian military officer and was the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces. He was appointed by President John Atta Mills in 2009.{{cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/photo.day.php?ID=159981 |title=Shake-up in Ghana Armed Forces |accessdate=2011-12-31 |publisher=Ghana Home Page}} He handed over to Vice Admiral Matthew Quashie on 28 March 2013.{{cite web|title=Profile of Vice Admiral Mathew Quashie, Chief of Defence Staff|url=http://www.highstreetmail.com/political-news/profile-of-vice-admiral-mathew-quashie-chief-of-defence-staff.html|publisher=www.highstreetmail.com|accessdate=11 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215102725/http://www.highstreetmail.com/political-news/profile-of-vice-admiral-mathew-quashie-chief-of-defence-staff.html|archivedate=15 December 2013}}