Gloria Amon Nikoi

Gloria Amon Nikoi
19th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)
In office
June 26, 1979 – September 24, 1979
Preceded by Colonel Roger Felli
Succeeded by Dr. Isaac K. Chinebuah
Personal details
Born (1927-06-06)June 6, 1927
Ghana
Died unknown
Spouse(s) Amon Nikoi (m. 1959)

Gloria Amon Adwoa Nikoi (née Addae on 6 June 1927[1][2] in Ghana)[3] was the Ghanaian foreign minister in 1979 under the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) government. She was the first Ghanaian woman to hold this position. She was also a career diplomat.[4]

Career

She attended Achimota School. Nikoi was the Deputy Chief of Mission to the United Nations from 1969 to 1974.[5] 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 for about four months in the AFRC government of Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.[6] This ended on September 24, 1979, when the Third Republic under Dr. Hilla Limann's People's National Party 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 African Development Bank (AfDB).[7] She was the first Chairperson of the Council of the Ghana Stock Exchange when it was first inaugurated on November 12, 1990.[8]

Personal life

She was married to Amon Nikoi, a former Governor of the Bank of Ghana and Finance minister, with whom she had three children.[4][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Gloria Amon Nikoi". Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  4. 1 2 Company, Johnson Publishing (1959-07-23). Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 2017-04-22.
  5. ↑ Martin K.I. Christensen (31 May 2010). "Ghana Ministers". Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership. Martin K.I. Christensen. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  6. ↑ B. Schemmel. "Foreign ministers E-K - Ghana". Lists of heads of state of government and ministers of various countries. Rulers.org. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  7. ↑ B. Schemmel (4 April 2007). "Female Ministers of Foreign Affairs". Lists of heads of state of government and ministers of various countries. Rulers.org. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  8. ↑ "About Us:Overview & History". Official website. Ghana Stock Exchange. Archived from the original on 2007-02-27. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  9. ↑ "Dr Amon Nikoi, Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
Political offices
Preceded by
Colonel Roger Felli		 Foreign Minister
1979		 Succeeded by
Dr. Isaac K. Chinebuah


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