Abraham Benjamin Bah Kofi

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Abraham Benjamin Bah Kofi
Ghana Ambassador to the United States of America
In office
8 August 1966 –28 September 1967
Occupation diplomat

Aabraham Benjamin Bah Kofi was a Ghanaian diplomat [2] and businessman [3] who served as Ghana's Ambassador to the United States of America from 1966 to 1967.

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Early life and education

Bah Kofi was born in 1917 in Ghana (then Gold Coast). He received his early education in Ghana prior to entering the University College, Southampton, England for his undergraduate studies. [4] He obtained his postgraduate degree in International Law and Institutions at the London School of Economics, a member institution of the federal University of London. [4]

Career

After his studies abroad, Bah Kofi entered the Colonial Civil Service, he worked for the Postal Service and subsequently joined the Ghana Foreign Service in 1956. [4] in 1957, he was appointed Ghana's first chargé d' affaires in Monrovia, Liberia. [4] He served in this capacity from 1957 to 1958. in 1959, he became the deputy Ghana High Commissioner in London. In 1960, he returned to Ghana to serve as principal assistant secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a year later, he was promoted to the post of principal secretary. [4] [5] in 1962, he became the first Ghanaian High Commissioner to Pakistan. [4] [6] [7] On 8 August 1966 he became Ghana's ambassador to the United States of America. [8] [9] He held this appointment until 28 September 1967. He represented Ghana at several conferences and was also a member of various delegations while serving in the Foreign Service. [4]

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  1. ↑ Steinberg, S. (2016-12-28). The Statesman's Year-Book 1968-69: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. Springer. ISBN   978-0-230-27097-8.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Willard Scott (2015-12-08). Ghana's Foreign Policy, 1957-1966: Diplomacy Ideology, and the New State. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-1-4008-7630-3.
  3. ↑ Ghana (1970). Commercial and Industrial Bulletin.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kohler, Sue A.; Carson, Jeffrey R.; Arts, United States Commission of Fine (1978). Sixteenth Street Architecture. Commission of Fine Arts.
  5. ↑ Report of the Manyo-Plange (Assets) Commission, Appointed Under the Commission of Enquiry Act, 1964 (Act 250) and N.L.C. (Investigations and Forfeiture of Assets) Decree, 1966 (N.L.C.D. 72) to Enquire Into the Assets of Specified Persons. Ghana Publishing Corporation. 1969.
  6. ↑ Steinberg, S. (2016-12-26). The Statesman's Year-Book 1965-66: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. Springer. ISBN   978-0-230-27094-7.
  7. ↑ Steinberg, S. (2016-12-27). The Statesman's Year-Book 1966-67: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. Springer. ISBN   978-0-230-27095-4.
  8. ↑ Ghana News. Embassy of Ghana. 1965.
  9. ↑ Diplomatic List. Department of State. 1967.
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