List of ambassadors and high commissioners of Ghana explained

This is a list of ambassadors and high commissioners of Ghana to individual sovereign nations of the world, states with limited recognition, and to international organizations. High Commissioners represent diplomatic missions in member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and Ambassadors represent diplomatic missions in other states. The head of a diplomatic mission to an international organization is called a Permanent Representative.

Where a diplomat is accredited to more than one nation, the first country listed is the location of the Ambassador's or High Commissioner's residence, followed by other countries of accreditation, in alphabetical order.

Current Ambassadors and High Commissioners

Host countryAmbassador/
High Commissioner
TitleTook officeList
Nana Kwesi Arhin[1] September 2017
Moses Bukari Mabenga
AmbassadorPhilbert Isaac Kobina Abaka JohnsonDecember 2020
Edwin Nii Adjei[2] 13 September 2017
Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng[3] February 2019
Alowe Leo Kabah[4] August 2017
AmbassadorAbena BusiaAugust 2017
Naa Bolinaa Saaka[5] July 2017
July 2017
June 2017
Attah Boafo[6]
July 2017
August 2017
July 2017
July 2017
July 2017
Amma Adomaa Twum-AmoahMarch 2018
Anna Bossman[7] June 2017
June 2017
Jane Gasu-Aheto[8] June 2018
Joseph Kojo Akudibilah[9] July 2017
July 2017
Sayuti Yahaya Iddi[10]
Eric Owusu-BoatengDecember 2020
Hannah Ama Nyarko[11] March 2018
March 2019
June 2017
Genevieve Edna Apaloo[12] January 2022[13]
August 2017
Kwabena Okubi-Appiah[14] June 2021
Samuel Adotey Anum[15] January 2020
Akua Sakyiwaa Ahenkorah[16] January 2018
July 2017
July 2017
June 2017
July 2017
July 2017
Jonathan Rexford Magnussen January 2020
June 2017
Jennifer LarteyFebruary 2019
Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware[17] September 2017
July 2017
Mrs Gloria Opoku June 2018
Francis Abakah[18]
July 2017
Dufie Agyarko Kusi August 2017
Elizabeth Adjei[19]
AmbassadorMuhammad Adam[20] December 2020
Ramses Joseph Cleland[21] September 2017
July 2017
July 2017
Ahmed Ramadan[22] October 2017
Papa Owusu-Ankomah[23] June 2017
Baffour Adjei Bawuah[24] 21 July 2017
July 2017
Eric Odoi-Anim[25] March 2018[26]
Alexander Grant NtrakwaDecember 2020

Permanent representatives to international organizations

Multilateral OrganisationsPermanent RepresentativeTook officeList
February 2019
Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee[27] July 2015

Ambassadors-at-Large

OtherAmbassadorTook officeList
Ambassador-at-Large July 2017
Ambassador-at-Large July 2017

See also

Notes

The High Commission of Ghana to Australia is also accredited to New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Kiribati, Nauru, Vanuatu and Tonga.[28]

The Ghana Embassy in Belgium serves as the Embassy to Luxembourg as well as the European Union[29]

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ghana to the Republic of Brazil has concurrent accreditation to Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.[30]

The Embassy of the Republic of Ghana in China is also accredited to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[31]

The Ghana Embassy in the Czech Republic has concurrent accreditation to the Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and North Macedonia.[32]

The Ghana Embassy in Egypt is accredited to Cyprus.[33]

The Ghana Embassy in Saudi Arabia is also covers United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan, Yemen, and Syria.[34]

The Ghana High Commission in South Africa also covers Lesotho, Eswatini, Mauritius, Madagascar and Comoros and Seychelles.[35]

The Ghana High Commission in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland provides consular services for Ireland.[36]

The Ghanaian High Commission in Zimbabwe provides consular services for Comoros and Mozambique.[37]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Akufo-Addo swears in 4 new envoys . GhanaWeb.com . GhanaWeb . 12 November 2019 . 14 September 2017.
  2. Web site: High Commissioner's Profile . Official website . Ghana High Commission, Canberra, Australia . 5 November 2019.
  3. Web site: Akufo-Addo swears in new Belgium, Norway ambassadors . GhanaWeb.com . GhanaWeb . 12 November 2019 . 2 February 2019.
  4. Web site: Prez Akufo-Addo swears in five new envoys . Graphic Online . Graphic Communications Group Ltd . 5 November 2019.
  5. Web site: President Akufo-Addo presents credentials to 22 new ambassadors . GhanaWeb.com . GhanaWeb.com . 5 November 2019.
  6. Web site: Darkwa . Francis . Kotoko To Visit Ghana Ambassador To Congo Ahead Of CARA Game . GhanaSportsOnline.com . 12 November 2019 . 20 February 2018.
  7. Web site: Akufo-Addo swears in first batch of 8 Ambassadors . MyJoyOnline . 6 November 2019 . 3 June 2017.
  8. Web site: Ghana: Pres Appoints 2 Ambassadors . AllAfrica.com . 12 November 2019.
  9. Web site: Here’s a full list of Akufo-Addo’s 22 newly appointed Ambassadors . GhananWeb.com . GhanaWeb . 12 November 2019 . 11 July 2017.
  10. Web site: Agbenyega . Prosper . Iran-Ghana, Iran-Northern region relations further deepened . GhanaWeb.com . GhanaWeb . 12 November 2019 . 22 January 2018.
  11. Web site: PROFILE OF THE AMBASSADOR . Official website . Ghana Embassy in Israel . 12 November 2019.
  12. Web site: President swears in new ambassador to Japan. 2022-02-17. Graphic Online. en-gb.
  13. Web site: President swears in new ambassador to Japan. 2022-02-17. Graphic Online. en-gb.
  14. Web site: [List] Akufo-Addo appoints 33 Ambassadors]. 2022-02-14. Modern Ghana. en.
  15. Web site: President presents credentials to two envoys . ghanaweb.com . GhanaWeb . 10 January 2020 . 10 January 2020.
  16. Web site: President swears in Ghana's envoy to Malaysia . GhanaWeb.com . GhanaWeb . 12 November 2019 . 10 January 2018.
  17. Web site: Ghana's Foreign Minister visits Moscow . GhanaWeb.com . GhanaWeb . 12 November 2019 . 20 August 2019.
  18. Web site: H.E. Mr. Francis Abakah . Official website . Ghana High Commission,Sierra Leone . 6 November 2019.
  19. Web site: Read welcome message from H.E Ambassador Elizabeth Adjei . Official website . Ghana Embassy Madrid . 5 November 2019 . 14 July 2016.
  20. Web site: Ghana Mission News. 2020-12-25. Brazil Consulate.
  21. Web site: The Ambassador . Official website . Embassy of Ghana, Switzerland . 5 November 2019.
  22. Web site: Samira’s father appointed Ghana’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates . GhanaWeb.com . GhanaWeb . 5 November 2019.
  23. Web site: High Commissioner . Official website . Ghana High Commission, UK . 5 November 2019.
  24. Web site: His Excellency Dr. Barfuor Adjei-Barwuah . Official Website . Embassy of Ghana, Washington DC . 5 November 2019.
  25. Web site: My task is to harmonise with all Ghanaians - Ghana’s High Commissioner to Zimbabwe . GhanaWeb.com . GhanaWeb . 5 November 2019.
  26. Web site: Akufo-Addo swears in 3 new envoys . ghanaweb.com . GhanaWeb . 10 June 2020 . 8 March 2018.
  27. Web site: MISSION STAFF . Official Website . Permanent Ghana Mission to the United Nations. 12 November 2019.
  28. Web site: The High Commission . Official Website . Ghana High Commission, Australia . 13 November 2019.
  29. Web site: Welcome to Embassy of Ghana to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU . Official Website . Embassy of Ghana in Belgium . 13 November 2019.
  30. Web site: The Ambassador . Official Website . Ghana Embassy in Brazil . 13 November 2019.
  31. Web site: REPUBLIC OF GHANA . Official website . Ghana Embassy in China . 13 November 2019.
  32. Web site: Welcome to Ghana Embassy Prague . Official website . Embassy of Ghana, Czech Republic . 28 October 2020.
  33. Web site: Diplomatic Missions Abroad . GhanaWeb.com . GhanaWeb . 13 November 2019.
  34. Web site: GHANA EMBASSY SAUDI ARABIA . Official website . Ghana Embassy in Saudi Arabia . 13 November 2019.
  35. Web site: The Consular Section - Objectives . Official website . Ghana High Commission, South Africa . 13 November 2019.
  36. Web site: Dublin Office . Official website . Ghana High Commission, UK . 13 November 2019.
  37. Web site: WELCOME TO THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA IN ZIMBABWE - Vision . Official website, Ghana Embassy in Zimbabwe . Ghana Embassy Harare . 10 June 2020.