Daniel Ohene Agyekum

"Ambassador Daniel Ohene Agyekum (USA)". Ghana Web. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

Amb.
Daniel Ohene Agyekum
Ohene Agyekum and Barack Obama at the White House on February 24, 2010.
Ghana Ambassador to the United States of America
In office
7 December 2009 – 16 October 2014
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byKwame Bawuah-Edusei
Succeeded byJoseph Henry Smith
Personal details
Born
(1942-03-10) 10 March 1942 (age 82)

Juaso, Gold Coast
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Children5
Alma materAchimota School
OccupationDiplomat

Daniel Ohene Agyekum (born 10 March 1942) is a Ghanaian diplomat and politician who is member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),[1] who served as the former Ambassador to the United States of America during the John Evans Atta Mills government between 2009 and 2013.[2][3][4] He has served as Regional Minister for Eastern, Ashanti and Greater Accra regions in the past. He also served as Minister of state in charge of Chieftaincy and State Protocol during the Jerry John Rawlings Government from 2000 to 2001.[5]

Agyekum also held the Ashanti Regional Chairman position of the NDC from 2005 to 2008.[6] He has been involved in the NDC's campaign activities since the parties inception in 1992 serving on several campaign teams especially in 2016, when he was appointed as a member of the National Campaign team and in 2018 when as appointed Campaign Manager for former President John Dramani Mahama's bid for and 2020 re-election respectively.[2]

  1. ^ Kasapa FM (26 February 2019). "I'll turn down offer to be Mahama's Running mate – Ohene Agyekum". Ghana Web. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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  3. ^ "Ghanaian Ambassador Says U.S Investors Could Be Edged Out by Chinese Counterparts". UVA Today. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Mahama is NDC's best bet to recapture power – Ohene Agyekum". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. ^ Kewura, Simmons Yussif (9 July 2004). "Ashantis will put NDC back in power - Ohene-Agyekum". Modern Ghana. The Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).