Emmanuel Kodjoe Dadzie (16 March 1916 – March 1983) was a Ghanaian diplomat.

Early years and education

His secondary education was at

Achimota School Achimota School ( /ɑːtʃimoʊtɑː/ ), formerly Prince of Wales College and School at Achimota, later Achimota College, now nicknamed Motown, is a co-educational boarding school located at Achimota in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana. The school wa ...

in Accra and his tertiary education at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

Career

He was a member of

Lincoln's Inn The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. (The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn.) Lincoln ...

and a barrister in London. He served in the Gold Coast Civil Service from 1936 to 1942. From 1942 to 1947, he was employed by the Royal Air Force of Britain. From 1951 to 1959 Dadzie was in private legal practice in Accra. In 1959 he headed the legal service and consular service of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

. He was made Ghana's ambassador to Romania in Bucharest from 1962 to 1966. From 1963 to 1966 he was resident representative of Ghana before the

International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...

in Vienna. From 1965 to 1967 he was Ghana's Ambassador to France in Paris and Permanent Representative to Unesco. In 1968 he was Ambassador to the

in Accra. In 1969 he was Ghana's ambassador to Russia in Moscow. In 1970 he was Director of the Policy Planning Division of the

. In 1971 he was the main secretary,

. From 1972 to 1977 he was Director of Protection at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva. From 1977 to 1982 he was elected member of the International Law Commission.

Personal life

In 1962 Dadzie married Theresa Striggner, with whom he had a daughter. His second marriage was to Irma La Rose. He had three daughters and two sons, his second daughter being

Stella Dadzie Stella Dadzie (born in 1952, London) is a British educationalist, activist, writer and historian. She is best known for her involvement in the UK's Black Women's Movement, being a founding member of the Organisation of Women of African and Asia ...

, a well known feminist writer and education activist in the UK.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dadzie, Emmanuel Kodjoe 1916 births 1983 deaths Alumni of Achimota School Alumni of King's College London Ambassadors of Ghana to France Ambassadors of Ghana to Romania Ambassadors of Ghana to Russia Members of Lincoln's Inn Ghanaian diplomats