Gloria Adwoa Amon Nikoi, née Addae (6 June 1927 – 10 November 2010) was as 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 ...

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who served as the

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in 1979 under the

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(AFRC) government. She was the first Ghanaian woman to hold this position.

Career

She attended

Achimota College 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 schoo ...

. Nikoi was the Deputy Chief of Mission to the

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from 1969 to 1974. Gloria Nikoi later worked as a senior official in the Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After the military coup of June 4, 1979 which overthrew the Supreme Military Council government, she was made

foreign minister A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

for about four months in the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) government of

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Jerry Rawlings Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the de ...

. This ended on September 24, 1979, when the Third Republic under Dr.

Hilla Limann Hilla Limann, (12 December 1934 – 23 January 1998) was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician who served the President of Ghana from 24 September 1979 to 31 December 1981. He served as a diplomat in Lome, Togo and Geneva, Switzerland. Education ...

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government was inaugurated. Gloria Nikoi became the Chairperson of the erstwhile Bank for Housing and Construction, a Ghanaian bank, in 1981. She had also been a director of the

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(AfDB). She became the first Chairperson of the Council of the

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when it was inaugurated on November 12, 1990.

Personal life

She was married to

Amon Nikoi Amon Nikoi, born Seth Amon Nikoi, (19 January 1930 – 5 September 2002) was a Ghanaian economist and diplomat. He was the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations between 1957 and 1960 as well as the Governor of the Bank of Ghana ...

, a former Governor of the

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and

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, with whom she had three children.

Death and funeral

She died of

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. on 10 November 2010 at the age of 83. Her funeral service was held at the

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, where she was a congregant.

References

External links

Picture of Gloria Amon Nikoi (Polish website)
1927 births Foreign ministers of Ghana Ghanaian women diplomats Alumni of Achimota School Female foreign ministers 20th-century Ghanaian politicians 20th-century Ghanaian women politicians Women government ministers of Ghana 2010 deaths {{Ghana-diplomat-stub

Career

Personal life

Death and funeral

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