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James Mercer | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:James_Mercer_at_Ghana_Independence_celebrations.jpeg) Mercer at the Ghanaian embassy in Tel Aviv, 1964 | |
 GhanaianAmbassador to  Chinaes:Anexo:Embajadores de Ghana en China | |
| In office 1962–1963 | |
| Preceded by | es:Cobina Kessie |
| Succeeded by | Joe-Fio Neenyann Meyer |
| Ghanaian Ambassador to  Israel | |
| In office 1964–1966 | |
| Preceded by | es:Bediako Poku[1] |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Joseph Asamoah Otu (1915–1979) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 January 1916 |
| Died | 17 September 1985 (aged 69) |
James Mercer (17 January 1916 – 17 September 1985) was a Ghanaian diplomat who was Ambassador to Israel during the 1960s. He was also a prominent lawyer and businessman, becoming the founding chairman of the now-defunct Ghana Airways.
- ^ Bediako Poku(born 1918) in Gold Coast; 1939–1942: educated Wesley College Kumasi, 1963: Lincoln's Inn; 1943–1945: Headmaster, Kumasi Division School, 1945–1947: Boy's Industrial School; 1948–1950: National Treasurer, Convention People's Party; 1951–1954: Member, Ghana Legislative Assembly; 1954–1959: General Secretary Convention People's Party; 1957: Afro-Asian Conference Cairo; Guinea Democratic Annual Convention 1958; 1959–1964: Ambassador to Israel; 1964 appointed High Commissioner Uganda; Member, Ghana delegations to OAU in Cairo; 18 February 1966–24 February 1966: Ambassador to Peking, 4 August 1966:New Ghana Ambassador to USSR Ghana's Ambassador designate to the Soviet Union, Bediako Poku, has left Accra for Moscow to take up his duties. He was formerly Ghana's Ambassador to China