Mercy Bampo Addo Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Amb.
Mercy Bampo Addo
Office:Ghana High Commissioner to Malta
Term Start:July 2017
President:Nana Akufo-Addo
Predecessor:Kenneth Enos Kofi Tachie[1]
Successor:Barbara Akuorkor Benisa
Birth Place:Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:New Patriotic Party

Mercy Bampo Addo is a Ghanaian diplomat and a member of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana. She is currently Ghana's High Commissioner to Malta, having assumed office in July 2017.[2] Between 2003 and 2009 she was the Deputy Minister and speech writer for the President of Ghana.[3]

Career

She taught History and Current Affairs at the secondary school level for three and a half years.[4] [5] She worked as a Public Relations practitioner for over two decades first in Ghana’s Cocoa Industry and later, at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration[6]

Education

Bampo graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon and holds a Master’s Degree in Governance and Leadership, a Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Communication as well as an Honours degree in History.[7]

Ambassadorial appointment

In July 2017, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo named Mercy Bampo Addo as Ghana's ambassador to Malta. She was among 22 other distinguished Ghanaians who were named to head various diplomatic missions in the world.[8] [9] [10] [11]

Personal life

Mercy Bampo Addo is married to Prof. Samuel Tetteh Addo, a Professor of Geography of the University of Ghana. They have five children.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: High Commissioner of the Republic of Ghana pays farewell call on Speaker Anġlu Farrugia . Parliament of Malta . 2 January 2019. 2017-06-09 .
  2. Web site: 2017-07-10 . Here's a full list of Akufo-Addo's 22 newly appointed Ambassadors . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171119074322/http://www.myjoyonline.com/politics/2017/July-10th/heres-a-full-list-of-akufo-addos-22-newly-appointed-ambassadors.php . 19 November 2017 . 15 July 2017 . myjoyonline.
  3. Web site: web_developer. The High Commissioner. 2021-03-13. Ghana High Commission Valletta. en-US.
  4. Web site: Mercy Bampo Addo, Biography . 2021-03-13 . GhanaWeb.
  5. Web site: web_developer. The High Commissioner. 2021-03-13. Ghana High Commission Valletta. en-US.
  6. Web site: President Akufo-Addo presents credentials to 22 new ambassadors. 2021-03-13. BusinessGhana.
  7. Web site: Mercy Bampo Addo, Biography . 2021-03-13 . GhanaWeb.
  8. Web site: 2017-11-19. Here's a full list of Akufo-Addo's 22 newly appointed Ambassadors - MyJoyOnline.com. 2021-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20171119074322/http://www.myjoyonline.com/politics/2017/July-10th/heres-a-full-list-of-akufo-addos-22-newly-appointed-ambassadors.php. 2017-11-19.
  9. Web site: Agency . Ghana News . 11 July 2017 . President Akufo-Addo presents credentials to 22 new ambassadors . 15 July 2017 . ghanaweb.
  10. Web site: Ghana . Presidency of . President Akufo-Addo appoints 22 more Ambassadors . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170713011113/http://presidency.gov.gh/index.php/2017/07/10/president-akufo-addo-appoints-22-more-ambassadors/ . 13 July 2017 . 15 July 2017 . presidency of Ghana.
  11. Web site: President Akufo-Addo presents credentials to 22 new ambassadors. 2021-03-13. BusinessGhana.
  12. Web site: Mercy Bampo Addo, Biography . 2021-03-13 . GhanaWeb..

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