Ghanaischer Botschafter - Erasmus Ransford Tawiah Madjitey, Kofi Awoonor, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Opoku Ware II., Alex Quaison-Sackey, Mike Oquaye (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Erasmus Ransford Tawiah Madjitey, Kofi Awoonor, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Opoku Ware Ii., Alex Quaison-Sackey, Mike Oquaye, Alan Kyeremanteng. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Dr. Alex Quaison-Sackey (August 9, 1924 - December 28, 1992) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served during the first and third republics. He was the first black African to serve as president of the United Nations General Assembly. Quaison-Sackey was born at Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. He received his early education in Ghana at Mfantsipim at Cape Coast in the Central Region and Achimota College near Accra. He then proceeded to the United Kingdom where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Exeter College, Oxford University, graduating with an honours degree. He also studied international relations and international law at the London School of Economics after being appointed one of Ghana's first Foreign Service Officers. He served as Ghana's sescond ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations from 30 June 1959 to 1965. He served as President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1964 to 1965, becoming the first black African to hold that position. During that time, Quaison-Sackey was also Ghana's ambassador to Cuba from 1961 to 1965 and ambassador to Mexico from 1962 to 1964. In 1965, he became foreign minister of Ghana, but served in that position for only a few months, as he was dismissed when President Nkrumah was overthrown in February 1966. He was again appointed as Ambassador to the United States in 1978 by the Supreme Military Council led by Lt. Gen. Fred Akuffo Quaison-Sackey was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs by Kwame Nkrumah in his Convention People's Party government. He was on a trip to Vietnam with Nkrumah when the government was overthrown by a military coup d'etat leading to the formation of the National Liberation Council on 24 February 1966 led by Lt. General Joseph Art...http: //booksllc.net/?l=d