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Eric Kwamina Otoo was a Ghanaian diplomat. He served as Ghana's High commissioner to Kenya from August 1970 to 1972,Ghana's ambassador to Germany from 1972 to 6 September 1974,and Ghana's ambassador to the United States of America from 9 December 1982 to 18 October 1990.
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