Nana Effah-Apenteng was the

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to the

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between May 2000 and 2007.

Education

Effah-Apenteng attended the

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where he obtained a

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in 1968. He went on to achieve a

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at the same university in 1970. While in the foreign service, he received a diploma in public administration from the

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in 1974. He completed the Foreign Service Officers’ Course in International Relations at Oxford the following year.

Career

Effah-Apenteng joined the Ghanaian Foreign Service in 1970 after his university education. He served in various capacities at various stations including Ghana's embassies in

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and

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. He was actively involved in the organisation of the tenth

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Ministerial Conference held in

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in 1991. He became Deputy Chief of Mission at the Ghanaian Embassy in

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in the

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between 1993 and 1997. He then served as the Supervising Director of Administration at the Foreign Ministry in Ghana prior to his appointment as Permanent Representative to the United Nations.Nana Effah-Apenteng Elected Chairman of Fifth Committee
, ''United Nations Information Service''. URL last accessed on March 18, 2006.

Other roles

Effah-Apenteng became the traditional ruler (paramount chief) of the Bompata Traditional Area of Ashanti in 1976.

Family

Effah-Apenteng was born at Bompata in the Asante Akim South District of the

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of Ghana and is married with three sons.

References

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