List of ambassadors and high commissioners of Ghana

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.

Current Ambassadors and High Commissioners

Host country	Ambassador/ High Commissioner	Title	Took office	List
Algeria	Ambassador	Nana Kwesi Arhin [1]	September 2017
Angola	Ambassador	Mavis Esi Kusorgbor	July 2022
Austria	Ambassador	Philbert Isaac Kobina Abaka Johnson	December 2020 [2]
Australia 1 New Zealand Fiji Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Samoa Kiribati Vanuatu Tonga	High commissioner	Edwin Nii Adjei [3] [1]	13 September 2017
Belgium 2 Luxembourg	Ambassador	Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng [4]	February 2019
Benin	Ambassador	Alowe Leo Kabah [5]	August 2017
Brazil 3 Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela	Ambassador	Abena Busia [5]	August 2017
Burkina Faso	Ambassador	Naa Bolinaa Saaka [6]	July 2017
Canada	High commissioner	Anselm Ransford Sowah	March 2021
China 4 North Korea	Ambassador	Edward Boateng [7]	June 2017
Congo-Brazzaville	Ambassador	Attah Boafo [8]
Cuba	Ambassador	Napoleon Abdulai [6]	July 2017
Czechia 5 Hungary North Macedonia Romania Slovakia	Ambassador	Virginia Hesse [5]	August 2017
Denmark	Ambassador	Amerley Ollennu Awua-Asamoa [6]	July 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo	Ambassador
Egypt 6 Cyprus	Ambassador	Paul Okoh [6]	July 2017
Equatorial Guinea	Ambassador	Esther Dzifa Ofori [6]	July 2017
Ethiopia	Ambassador	Amma Adomaa Twum-Amoah	March 2018 [9]
France	Ambassador	Anna Bossman [7]	June 2017
Germany	Ambassador	Gina Blay [7]	June 2017
Guinea	Ambassador	Jane Gasu-Aheto [10]	June 2018
Holy See	Ambassador	Joseph Kojo Akudibilah [11]	July 2017
India	High commissioner	Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh [12]	January 2023
Iran	Ambassador	Sayuti Yahaya Iddi [13]
		Eric Owusu-Boateng [2]	December 2020
Israel	Ambassador	Hannah Ama Nyarko [14]	March 2018
Italy	Ambassador	Eudora Quartey-Koranteng [6]	March 2019
Ivory Coast	Ambassador	Frederick Daniel Laryea [7]	June 2017
Japan	Ambassador	Genevieve Edna Apaloo [15]	January 2022 [15]
Kenya	High commissioner	Damptey Bediako Asare	September 2021
Liberia	Ambassador	Kwabena Okubi-Appiah [16]	June 2021
Libya	Ambassador	Samuel Adotey Anum [17]	January 2020
Malaysia Indonesia   Philippines Thailand Timor-Leste	High commissioner	Akua Sakyiwaa Ahenkorah [18]	January 2018
Mali	Ambassador	Francis Amanfoh [6]	July 2017
Malta	High commissioner	Mercy Bampo Addo [6]	July 2017
Morocco	Ambassador	Stephen Mahamudu Yakubu [7]	June 2017
Namibia	High commissioner	Yakubu Alhassan [6]	August 2021
Netherlands	Ambassador	Sophia Horner-Sam [6]	July 2017
Niger	Ambassador	Jonathan Rexford Magnussen [17]	January 2020
Nigeria	High commissioner	Rashid Bawa [7]	June 2017
Norway	Ambassador	Jennifer Lartey [4]	February 2019
Russia	Ambassador	Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware [19]	September 2017
Saudi Arabia 7 Bahrain Jordan Kuwait Oman Qatar Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen	Ambassador	Sheikh T. B. Damba [6]	July 2017
Senegal	Ambassador	Mrs Gloria Opoku [10]	June 2018
Sierra Leone	High commissioner	Francis Abakah [20]
South Africa 8 Lesotho Eswatini Mauritius Madagascar Seychelles	High commissioner	George Ayisi-Boateng [6]	July 2017
South Korea	Ambassador	Dufie Agyarko Kusi [5]	August 2017
Spain	Ambassador	Elizabeth Adjei [21]
	Ambassador	Muhammad Adam [2]	December 2020
Switzerland	Ambassador	Ramses Joseph Cleland [22]	September 2017 [1]
Togo	Ambassador	Kwasi Owusu-Yeboa [6]	July 2017
Turkey	Ambassador	Francisca Ashietey-Odunton	July 2017
United Arab Emirates	Ambassador	Ahmed Ramadan [23]	October 2017
United Kingdom 9 Ireland	High commissioner	Papa Owusu-Ankomah [24]	June 2017 [7]
United States	Ambassador	Alima Mahama [25]	June 2021
Zambia	High commissioner	Margaret Ekua Prah [6]	July 2017
Zimbabwe 10 Comoros Mozambique	High commissioner	Eric Odoi-Anim [26]	March 2018 [9]
		Alexander Grant Ntrakwa	December 2020 [2]

Permanent representatives to international organizations

Multilateral Organisations	Permanent Representative	Took office	List
European Union	Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng [4]	February 2019
United Nations	Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee [27]	July 2015

Ambassadors-at-Large

Other	Ambassador	Took office	List
Ambassador-at-Large	Edward Mahama [6]	July 2017
Ambassador-at-Large	Rasheed Seidu Inusa [6]	July 2017

See also

• List of diplomatic missions of Ghana
• List of diplomatic missions in Ghana
• Foreign relations of Ghana

Notes

• ^Note 1 : The High Commission of Ghana to Australia is also accredited to New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Kiribati, Nauru, Vanuatu and Tonga. ^[28]
• ^Note 2 : The Ghana Embassy in Belgium serves as the Embassy to Luxembourg as well as the European Union ^[29]
• ^Note 3 :The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ghana to the Republic of Brazil has concurrent accreditation to Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. ^[30]
• ^Note 4 :The Embassy of the Republic of Ghana in China is also accredited to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[31]
• ^Note 5 :The Ghana Embassy in the Czech Republic has concurrent accreditation to the Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and North Macedonia. ^[32]
• ^Note 6 :The Ghana Embassy in Egypt is accredited to Cyprus. ^[33]
• ^Note 7 :The Ghana Embassy in Saudi Arabia is also covers United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan, Yemen, and Syria. ^[34]
• ^Note 8 :The Ghana High Commission in South Africa also covers Lesotho, Eswatini, Mauritius, Madagascar and Comoros and Seychelles. ^[35]
• ^Note 9 :The Ghana High Commission in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland provides consular services for Ireland. ^[36]
• ^Note 10 :The Ghanaian High Commission in Zimbabwe provides consular services for Comoros and Mozambique. ^[37]

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External links

• The Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations
• Ghana Mission to European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg