Vice Admiral Mathew Quashie (23 March 1951 - 9 January 2020) was a Ghanaian naval officer and was the twenty-ninth Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces.

[1] He also served as the Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy from 3 April 2009 to 28 March 2013.

[3] On 28 March 2013, President John Dramani Mahama, Commander in Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, swore Vice Admiral Quashie into office as the Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces.

Prior to his appointment, Vice Admiral Quarshie served as the Chief of Naval Staff.

[6][7] On 9 January 2020, Quashie died at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra, where he had been on admission for some time.