Gen. Francis Adu Amanfoh is a
Ghanaian army personnel and
diplomat
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. He has the rank of
major general
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in the
Ghana Army. He was appointed by
John Agyekum Kufour as Ghana's ambassador to
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
from February 2006 until March 2009.
Education and working life
Francis Adu Amanfoh had his secondary school education at
Prempeh College where he obtained his
GCE Advanced level
The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational aut ...
certificate.
In May 2005 he was appointed Head of Defence Intelligence in the
Ghana Armed Forces
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is the unified armed force of Ghana, consisting of the Army (GA), Navy (GN), and Ghana Air Force.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces is the president of Ghana, who is also the supreme military commander ...
. and was posted as Ambassador to Liberia on 27 January 2006. In 2008 he sued the ''
Ghana Palaver'', seeking two billion
cedis for defamation after the paper had printed four stories which attempted to create the impression that he was a liar. His term of office as Ambassador to Liberia ended in March 2009.
Ambassador Adu-Amanfoh, D-SRSG Ryan honored
''Liberia Webs'', 16 March 2009
Ambassadorial appointment
In July 2017, President Nana Akuffo-Addo named Francis Amanfoh as Ghana's ambassador to Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
. He was among twenty two other distinguished Ghanaians who were named to head various diplomatic Ghanaian mission in the world.
See also
*Embassy of Ghana in Bamako
The Embassy of Ghana in Bamako is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Ghana to Mali. It also serves as the official residence of the Ghana ambassador to Mali.
Ghana's diplomatic relations with Mali could be traced from the Ghana-Guinea-Mal ...
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Ghanaian military personnel
Ambassadors of Ghana to Liberia
Ambassadors of Ghana to Mali
Prempeh College alumni
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