Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee

Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee (born 4 September) was nominated Ghana's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 2015.

Biography

Pobee obtained her bachelor's degree in English and philosophy from the University of Ghana and her master's degree in development studies from the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. She also studied multilateral diplomacy at the Geneva Institute for International Studies and public administration at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.[1]

Pobee was a career diplomat, serving in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She was posted in Tel Aviv from 200o until 2004.[2] She was Head of Chancery at the Ghanaian Embassy in Washington D.C. from 2006 until 2010, Director of the Information and Public Affairs Bureau at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 2010 until 2012, and Deputy Head of Mission at the Ghana High Commission in Pretoria from 2012 until 2015.[1] She was appointed as Ghana's Permanent Representative to the UN by President John Dramani Mahama in July 2015, the first female to hold the position.[1][3][4][5][6]

Pobee married John Samuel Pobee, an Anglican bishop and Emeritus Professor at the University of Ghana, on 26 July 1994.[7][8] She is a Roman Catholic.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "New Permanent Representative of Ghana Presents Credentials | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  2. ↑ Pobee, John S. (2012). Sense of Grace and Mission. African Books Collective. p. 226.
  3. ↑ "President Commissions Martha Pobee as UN Representative". Government of Ghana.
  4. ↑ Akhmed, Raj (1 August 2015). "Meet Mrs. Martha Ama Akyaa – The First Woman Appointed As Ghana's Ambassador To The United Nations". African Seer. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Nuamah, Samuel (23 July 2015). "Envoy to UN takes oath". Ghanaian Times. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Boadu, Kwame Asare (25 July 2015). "Appointing women to key positions: Prez Mahama scores another point". Graphic Online. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Pobee, John S. (2012). Sense of Grace and Mission. African Books Collective. p. 230.
  8. ↑ "Rev. Professor Emeritus John Samuel Pobee". Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  9. ↑ Omenyo, Cephas N.; Anum, Eric B. (2014). Trajectories of Religion in Africa: Essays in Honour of John S. Pobee. Rodopi. p. 52.
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