| Office: |  GhanaianAmbassador to  China |
| Term Start: | 1962 |
| Term End: | 1963 |
| Successor: | Joe-Fio Neenyann Meyer |
| Office2: | Ghanaian Ambassador to  Israel |
| Term Start2: | 1964 |
| Term End2: | 1966 |
| Predecessor2: | [1] |
| Successor2: | Stephen Joseph Asamoah Otu (1915–1979) |
| Birth Date: | 17 January 1916 |
James Mercer (17 January 1916 – 17 September 1985) was a Ghanaian diplomat who was Ambassador to Israel during the 1960s. He was also a prominent lawyer and businessman, becoming the founding chairman of the now-defunct Ghana Airways.
Mercer was born in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana on 17 January 1916. His twin brother was Thomas Mends Kodwo-Mercer (1916–2003), and both attended Adisadel College, Cape Coast, as did many of his siblings, children and grandchildren, a long-standing tradition of his family.[2]
Mercer was a prominent lawyer, working during the government of Kwame Nkrumah and beyond. Mercer was a barrister-at-law at the Sekondi Bar, Chairman of the Ghana/Ivory Coast Border Commission and first chairman of the now-defunct Ghana Airways.[3]
James Mercer was the father of Andrew Egypa Mercer, a current member of parliament for Sekondi and Esther Mercer. He was also the brother of Thomas Mends Kodwo-Mercer, the first Ghanaian High Commissioner to Britain from 1954 to 1956 and uncle of the former Minister of Trade and Industry, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah.[4] [5] James Mercer was also the uncle of late Sally Hayfron, first wife of Robert Mugabe.[6]
James Mercer died on 17 September 1985, at the age of 69.[7]