Dedo Difie Agyarko-Kusi is a

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

politician. She served as Ghana's Ambassador to South Korea. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party. She is the sister of the Emmanuel Kwabena Kyeremateng Agyarko and

Boakye Agyarko Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko (1956) is a Ghanaian economist, politician and a former banker. He was the vice president of the Bank of New York. He was the former Minister for Energy in Ghana. Early life and education Agyarko was born in 1956, ...

. She once served as a translator of French and Spanish for

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Early life and education

Agyarko-Kusi attended

Wesley Girls' Senior High School Wesley Girls' High School (WGHS) is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast in the Central region of Ghana. It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, the wife of a Methodist minister. The school is named after the founder of Methodis ...

. She later went the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

where she acquired her Bachelor of Arts degree in French. Kusi also holds a masters of law from the

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Politics

Kusi has served as a member of the NPP national council and also parliamentary candidate for Lower Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region.

Career

Ambassador to South Korea

In July 2017, President Nana Akuffo-Addo named Agyarko-Kusi as Ghana's High Commissioner to

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. She was among the Ghanaians who were named to head various diplomatic Ghanaian missions across the world. She was sworn in on 2 August 2017 by the

Nana Akufo-Addo Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( ; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who has served as the president of Ghana since 7 January 2017. In 2020, he was re-elected for his second term, which will end on 6 January 2025. Akufo-Addo previously ...

Personal life

Kusi is the sister of

and Emmanuel Kwabena Kyeremateng Agyarko.

References

Living people Ambassadors of Ghana to South Korea Ghanaian women ambassadors New Patriotic Party politicians Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at Wesley Girls' Senior High School {{Ghana-diplomat-stub