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 Moses Bukari Mabenga
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
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).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 Joseph Ayikoi Otoo [6] July 2017
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 the Vatican City.svg   Holy See Ambassador Joseph Kojo Akudibilah [11] July 2017
Flag of India.svg  India High commissioner Mike Oquaye Jnr [6] July 2017
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Ambassador Sayuti Yahaya Iddi [12]
Eric Owusu-Boateng [2] December 2020
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Ambassador Hannah Ama Nyarko [13] 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 [14] January 2022 [15]
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya High commissioner Francisca Ashietey-Odunton [5] August 2017
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 Elizabeth Salamatu Forgor [6] July 2017
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.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.svg  Togo Ambassador Kwasi Owusu-Yeboa [6] July 2017
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Ambassador Salma Frances Mancell-Egala [6] 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 Baffour Adjei Bawuah [25] 21 July 2017
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

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