List of ambassadors and high commissioners of Ghana

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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.

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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.

Current Ambassadors and High Commissioners

Host countryAmbassador/
High Commissioner
TitleTook officeList
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Ambassador Nana Kwesi Arhin [1] September 2017
Flag of Angola.svg Angola Ambassador Mavis Esi KusorgborJuly 2022
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Ambassador Philbert Isaac Kobina Abaka JohnsonDecember 2020 [2]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands
Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa
Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu
Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga
High commissioner Edwin Nii Adjei [3] [1] 13 September 2017
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 2
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
Ambassador Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng [4] February 2019
Flag of Benin.svg Benin Ambassador Alowe Leo Kabah [5] August 2017
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
Flag of Peru.svg Peru
Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
Ambassador Abena Busia [5] August 2017
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso Ambassador Naa Bolinaa Saaka [6] July 2017
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada High commissioner Anselm Ransford Sowah March 2021
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 4
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
Ambassador Edward Boateng [7] June 2017
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo-Brazzaville Ambassador Attah Boafo [8]
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Ambassador Napoleon Abdulai [6] July 2017
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechia 5
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
Ambassador Virginia Hesse [5] August 2017
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Ambassador Amerley Ollennu Awua-Asamoa [6] July 2017
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of Congo Ambassador
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 6
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
Ambassador Paul Okoh [6] July 2017
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea Ambassador Esther Dzifa Ofori [6] July 2017
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia Ambassador Amma Adomaa Twum-Amoah March 2018 [9]
Flag of France.svg France Ambassador Anna Bossman [7] June 2017
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Ambassador Gina Blay [7] June 2017
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea Ambassador Jane Gasu-Aheto [10] June 2018
Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Holy See Ambassador Joseph Kojo Akudibilah [11] July 2017
Flag of India.svg India High commissioner Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh [12] January 2023
Flag of Iran.svg Iran Ambassador Sayuti Yahaya Iddi [13]
Eric Owusu-Boateng [2] December 2020
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Ambassador Hannah Ama Nyarko [14] March 2018
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Ambassador Eudora Quartey-Koranteng [6] March 2019
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast Ambassador Frederick Daniel Laryea [7] June 2017
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Ambassador Genevieve Edna Apaloo [15] January 2022 [15]
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya High commissioner Damptey Bediako AsareSeptember 2021
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia Ambassador Kwabena Okubi-Appiah [16] June 2021
Flag of Libya.svg Libya Ambassador Samuel Adotey Anum [17] January 2020
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste
High commissioner Akua Sakyiwaa Ahenkorah [18] January 2018
Flag of Mali.svg Mali Ambassador Francis Amanfoh [6] July 2017
Flag of Malta.svg Malta High commissioner Mercy Bampo Addo [6] July 2017
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Ambassador Stephen Mahamudu Yakubu [7] June 2017
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia High commissioner Yakubu Alhassan [6] August 2021
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Ambassador Sophia Horner-Sam [6] July 2017
Flag of Niger.svg Niger Ambassador Jonathan Rexford Magnussen [17] January 2020
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria High commissioner Rashid Bawa [7] June 2017
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Ambassador Jennifer Lartey [4] February 2019
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Ambassador Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware [19] September 2017
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 7
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Flag of Oman.svg Oman
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen
Ambassador Sheikh T. B. Damba [6] July 2017
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Ambassador Mrs Gloria Opoku [10] June 2018
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone High commissioner Francis Abakah [20]
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 8
Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
High commissioner George Ayisi-Boateng [6] July 2017
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Ambassador Dufie Agyarko Kusi [5] August 2017
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Ambassador Elizabeth Adjei [21]
Ambassador Muhammad Adam [2] December 2020
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Ambassador Ramses Joseph Cleland [22] September 2017 [1]
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo Ambassador Kwasi Owusu-Yeboa [6] July 2017
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Ambassador Francisca Ashietey-Odunton July 2017
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Ambassador Ahmed Ramadan [23] October 2017
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 9
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
High commissioner Papa Owusu-Ankomah [24] June 2017 [7]
Flag of the United States.svg United States Ambassador Alima Mahama [25] June 2021
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia High commissioner Margaret Ekua Prah [6] July 2017
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 10
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
High commissioner Eric Odoi-Anim [26] March 2018 [9]
Alexander Grant NtrakwaDecember 2020 [2]

Permanent representatives to international organizations

Multilateral OrganisationsPermanent RepresentativeTook officeList
Flag of Europe.svg European Union Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng [4] February 2019
Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee [27] July 2015

Ambassadors-at-Large

OtherAmbassadorTook officeList
Ambassador-at-Large Edward Mahama [6] July 2017
Ambassador-at-Large Rasheed Seidu Inusa [6] July 2017

See also

Notes

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