This is a list of ambassadors and high commissioners of Ghana to individual sovereign nations of the world, states with limited recognition, and to international organizations. High Commissioners represent diplomatic missions in member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and Ambassadors represent diplomatic missions in other states. The head of a diplomatic mission to an international organization is called a Permanent Representative.
Where a diplomat is accredited to more than one nation, the first country listed is the location of the Ambassador's or High Commissioner's residence, followed by other countries of accreditation, in alphabetical order.
Multilateral Organisations | Permanent Representative | Took office | List |
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European Union | Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng [4] | February 2019 | |
United Nations | Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee [27] | July 2015 | |
Other | Ambassador | Took office | List |
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Ambassador-at-Large | Edward Mahama [6] | July 2017 | |
Ambassador-at-Large | Rasheed Seidu Inusa [6] | July 2017 | |
The High Commission of Ghana in London is the diplomatic mission of Ghana in the United Kingdom.
Amma Adomaa Twum-Amoah is a Ghanaian diplomat who has worked for the foreign relations of Ghana in various capacities and is presently Ghana's ambassador to Ethiopia. She became Minister/Head of Chancery of the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C. in the United States on November 17, 2012.
Elizabeth Salamatu Forgor is a Ghanaian diplomat and a member of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana. She is currently Ghana's ambassador to Namibia.
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. Between 2003 and 2009 she was the Deputy Minister and speech writer for the President of Ghana.
William Azumah Awinador-Kanyirige is a retired career diplomat who served with the Ghana Foreign Service from July 1987 to May 2018. He is currently a private consultant with a focus on research and capacity building in the areas of governance, strategic planning, diplomacy, peacebuilding, youth mentorship, regional integration and development.
Morgan Adokwei Brown is a lawyer and a Ghanaian diplomat. He was Ghana's Ambassador to Belgium from 2012 to 2016 and Ghana's High Commissioner to Zambia from 2016 to 2017.
Virginia Hesse is a Ghanaian civil servant and diplomat who served as Ghana's ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. She spent a majority of her professional career in the Ghanaian public service.
Berenice Owen-Jones is an Australian diplomat who is currently Australian High Commissioner to Ghana since July 2022.
Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng was the Ambassador to Belgium and Ghana’s Permanent Representative to The European Union. She was commissioned by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from February 1, 2019 until September 22, 2023. Harriet Boateng is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
Jennifer Lartey is a Ghanaian lawyer and diplomat. She is Ghana's first Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary to the Kingdom of Norway.
Akua Sakyiwaa Ahenkorah is a Ghanaian diplomat who has worked for the Foreign relations of Ghana in various capacities and presently serves as Ghana's Ambassador to Malaysia. She is the first female Ghanaian envoy to Malaysia.
Dedo Difie Agyarko-Kusi is a Ghanaian politician. She served as Ghana's Ambassador to South Korea. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party. She is the sister of the Emmanuel Kwabena Kyeremateng Agyarko and Boakye Agyarko. She once served as a translator of French and Spanish for UNESCO.
Her Royal Highness Oheneba Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware is a Ghanaian physician and diplomat. She is the ambassador of Ghana to the Russian Federation. Opoku Ware is also trained as a family physician. In 2017, she was appointed by Ghana's president as the Ambassador to the Russian Federation. She is also the ambassador to several other countries including Armenia.
Genevieve Edna Apaloo is a Ghanaian career Diplomat and Ghana's current Ambassador to Japan. Genevieve was once acting Head of Mission of the Embassy of Ghana in Washington DC, United States of America, where she was posted as Head of Chancery in October 2019.
Edwin Nii Adjei is a Ghanaian diplomat who was Ghana's High Commissioner to the Commonwealth of Australia from 2017 to 2022. Prior to this appointment, he was the Acting Chief Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration from July 2016.