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The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Ghana. The embassy in Accra was established March 6, 1957, with Donald W. Lamm in charge as chargé d'affaires . President Joe Biden nominated career U.S. diplomat and Acting Assistant Secretary/Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Energy Resources Virginia E ...
In 1998, the embassy moved to a temporary building due to security concerns, with the building later being used by the Ghanaian Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs. [6] A new embassy compound that adheres to the Standard Embassy Design guidelines, implemented after 9/11 to increase the security of diplomatic missions, was completed in 2007 ...
This article lists the diplomatic mission in Ghana. The capital Accra currently hosts 70 embassies/high commissions, while Kumasi hosts one consulate. Map of diplomatic missions in Ghana
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second most active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
The Republic of Ghana has several diplomatic missions worldwide. As a member of the Commonwealth of Nations , Ghanaian diplomatic missions in the capitals of other Commonwealth members are known as High Commissions.
Applicants for State Department FSO jobs go through a highly competitive written exam, oral assessment, and security investigation process before they are eligible to be hired. Of the more than 100,000 applicants for State Department FSO positions between 2001 and 2006, only 2,100 became Foreign Service officers. [ 5 ]
Ghana–United States relations are the diplomatic relations between Ghana and United States. Both nations have generally been friendly since Ghana's independence, except for a period of strained relations during the later years of the Nkrumah regime. Ghana was the first country to which United States Peace Corps volunteers
Virginia Evelyn Palmer [1] (born 1963) is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Ghana since 2022. Palmer is the former United States ambassador to Malawi . She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate, beginning that assignment in January 2015.