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

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Host country Ambassador/
High Commissioner
Title Took office List
  Algeria Ambassador Nana Kwesi Arhin[1] September 2017
  Angola Ambassador Moses Bukari Mabenga
  Austria Ambassador Philbert Isaac Kobina Abaka Johnson December 2020[2]
  Australia1
  New Zealand
  Fiji
  Papua New Guinea
  Solomon Islands
  Samoa
  Kiribati
  Vanuatu
  Tonga
High commissioner Edwin Nii Adjei[3][1] 13 September 2017
  Belgium2
  Luxembourg
Ambassador Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng[4] February 2019
  Benin Ambassador Alowe Leo Kabah[5] August 2017
  Brazil3
  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 Joseph Ayikoi Otoo[6] July 2017
  China4
  North Korea
Ambassador Edward Boateng[7] June 2017
  Congo-Brazzaville Ambassador Attah Boafo[8]
  Cuba Ambassador Napoleon Abdulai[6] July 2017
  Czechia5
  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
  Egypt6
  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 Mike Oquaye Jnr[6] July 2017
  Iran Ambassador Sayuti Yahaya Iddi[12]
Eric Owusu-Boateng[2] December 2020
  Israel Ambassador Hannah Ama Nyarko[13] March 2018
  Italy Ambassador Eudora Quartey-Koranteng[6] March 2019
  Ivory Coast Ambassador Frederick Daniel Laryea[7] June 2017
  Japan Ambassador Genevieve Edna Apaloo[14] January 2022[15]
  Kenya High commissioner Francisca Ashietey-Odunton[5] August 2017
  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 Elizabeth Salamatu Forgor[6] July 2017
  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 Arabia7
  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 Africa8
  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 Salma Frances Mancell-Egala[6] July 2017
  United Arab Emirates Ambassador Ahmed Ramadan[23] October 2017
  United Kingdom9
  Ireland
High commissioner Papa Owusu-Ankomah[24] June 2017[7]
  United States Ambassador Baffour Adjei Bawuah[25] 21 July 2017
  Zambia High commissioner Margaret Ekua Prah[6] July 2017
  Zimbabwe10
  Comoros
  Mozambique
High commissioner Eric Odoi-Anim[26] March 2018[9]
Alexander Grant Ntrakwa December 2020[2]

Permanent representatives to international organizations

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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

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

See also

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Notes

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References

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