David Animle Hansen’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Ghanaian admiral
Was Military leader
Admiral
From Ghana
Type Military
Gender male
Birth

17 May 1923, Ghana

Death

28 January 2008
(aged 84 years)

Rear Admiral David Animle Hansen (17 May 1923 – 28 January 2008) was the first Ghanaian to be appointed Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy.

Education and training

David Hansen trained at the Eaton Hall Officer Cadet School in the United Kingdom.

Career

On the completion of his training, Hansen was commissioned into the Ghana army. When the Ghana Navy was established on July 29, 1959, its first head was D. A. Foreman, a retired British naval officer who had been granted presidential commission as a Ghana naval officer with the rank of Commodore. David Hansen was later transferred from the army to the navy and appointed as the first Ghanaian Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy. In addition, he served as an aide-de-camp to President Kwame Nkrumah.

Honours

The Ghana Navy ship GNS Hansen was named after him.

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