Miguel Augustus Francisco Ribeiro Explained

Miguel Augustus Francisco Ribeiro
Office: Ghana
Ambassador
to Italy
Term Start:1966
Term End:1970
Office1: Ghana
Ambassador
to
Term Start1:25 April 1963
Term End1:8 August 1966
Predecessor1:William Marmon Quao Halm
Successor1:Abraham Benjamin Bah Kofi
Office2: Ghana
Ambassador
to Germany
Term Start2:1962
Term End2:1963
Predecessor2:Theodore Owusu Asare
Successor2:George Eric Kwabla Doe
Office3: Ghana
Ambassador
to Ethiopia
Term Start3:2 September 1959
Term End3:3 April 1962
Successor3:Ebenezer Moses Debrah
Birth Name:Miguel Augustus Francisco Ribeiro
Birth Date:2 February 1904
Birth Place:Cape Coast
Occupation:Diplomat

Miguel Augustus Francisco Ribeiro (born 2 February 1904 in Cape Coast)[1] was a Ghanaian diplomat.

Early life and education

Ribeiro was born on 2 February 1904 in Cape Coast. He is a member of the Tabom family, a family that traces its roots from Brazil.[2] On 25 April 1963, Ribeiro was appointed Ghana's ambassador to the United States of America, he held that appointment until 8 August 1966.[4]

As Ghana's ambassador to the USA, he represented the Ghanaian government to sign the Treaty to ban nuclear weapons testing in the atmosphere, in space and under water in August 1963.[5] Following his work in the United States, Ribeiro was appointed as Ghana's ambassador to Italy from 1966 to 1971.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Raph Uwechue: Africa Who's Who 1991. Africa Journal Limited, p. 1571 (Snippet).
  2. [Tobias C. Bringmann]
  3. Marco Schaumloeffel: Tabom. The Afro-Brazilian Community in Ghana. Bridgetown, 2009, pp. 93–96 (online).

    He had his early education at Winneba and Elmina Methodist Elementary Schools, and continued at Mfantsipim School from 1919 to 1923 for his secondary education. He had his tertiary education at the Institute of Education, University of London from 1938 to 1939.

    Career

    After his secondary education, Ribeiro taught at Mfantsipim School from 1924 to 1931, and Achimota College as a junior staff from 1931 to 1939.

    Ribeiro was the first ambassador of Ghana to Ethiopia between 2 September 1959 and 3 April 1962. From 1962 to 1963 he succeeded Theodore Owusu Asare to become Ghana's ambassador to Germany.[2]

  4. Web site: Diplomatic Representation for Ghana. . 1 September 2017.
  5. -480-I-6964-English.pdf Treaty banning nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water. In: treaties.un.org (15 October 1963).
  6. John Paxton: The Statesman's Year Book 1970–1971. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1970, p. 408 (online).