Patrick Amoah-Ntim Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Amb.
Patrick Amoah-Ntim
Office:Ghana Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro
Term Start:2001
Term End:2005
President:John Kufuor
Predecessor:Joao Goncalves Baeta (Yugoslavia)
Successor:Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe
Birth Date:28 September 1941
Birth Place:Accra, Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Education:Accra Academy
Occupation:Diplomat
Profession:Lawyer

Patrick Amoah-Ntim (born September 28, 1941, in Accra) is a retired Ghanaian lawyer and diplomat. He served as Ghana's ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro from 2001 to 2005 with accreditation from 22 April 2004 to Romania and Bulgaria.

Early life and education

Amoah-Ntim was born in Accra on 28 September 1941. After attending the Accra Academy, he studied Political Science at the University of Ghana graduating in 1967 with a Bachelor's degree. He then continued his studies at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), and the University of Ghana prior to enrolling at the Ghana School of Law where he obtained his barrister-at-law certificate in 1973.[1]

Career

Amoah-Ntim served as deputy prosecutor for the Attorney General's Office. He entered the foreign service of Ghana and then worked as an embassy secretary. From 1972 to 1977 he was a second class legation secretary on the mission at UN Headquarters in New York City and from 1977 until 1980, a first class legation secretary in Washington, D.C.[2]

From August 14, 1993, to 1995, Amoah-Ntim was an envoy to the Ghanaian mission in Brussels and represented Ghana in the ACP Group in the negotiations on the 4th Lomé Convention.[3] In addition, he represented Ghana in negotiations with the Committee of the Cocoa-Producing Countries with the European Union Commission against the use of 5% other fats in chocolate production.

In 1996 Amoah-Ntim was an envoy to the Ghanaian High Commissioner in London and represented Ghana in the Quadripartite Treaty on Cross-border Crime with Togo, Nigeria and Ghana. From October 2001 to 2005 he was Ghana's ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro and from 22 April 2004 he was also accredited to Romania and Bulgaria. He is the patron of the Obosomase Welfare Association in London.

Family

Patrick Amoah-Ntim is married with three children.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The World Diplomat Communications Group, Ghana Missions Abroad. 2016-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20160617183131/http://worldipcomgroup.com/worlddiplomaticguides/images/Section%20H.pdf. 2016-06-17. 2004. en. 292.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/diplomaticlist1979wash/#page/24/mode/1up Diplomatic list. Dept. of state; United States, p. 24
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=2Sv0AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Patrick+Amoah+Ntim%22 Corps diplomatique accrédité auprès des Communautés europes et représentations auprès de la Commission.