Nathan Apea Aferi

Nathan Apea Aferi
16th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)
In office
1972–1972
President Kutu Acheampong
Preceded by William Ofori Atta
Succeeded by Lt. Colonel Kwame Baah
Personal details
Born September 1923
Mampong-Akuapim[1]
Died 8 April 2003(2003-04-08) (aged 79)
Accra, Ghana
Nationality Ghanaian
Profession Soldier
Military service
Allegiance Ghana
Service/branch Ghana army
Rank Major General
Commands Chief of the Defence Staff

Major General Nathan Apea Aferi (September 1923 – 8 April 2003) was a soldier and politician in Ghana. He was a former Chief of the Defence Staff of Ghana. He also served briefly as Foreign Minister of Ghana.

Career

Congo

Aferi served with the United Nations Operation in the Congo now the Democratic Republic of Congo. At the time, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Ghana army. He is reported to have been on guard at Radio Congo when Patrice Lumumba attempted a broadcast in the confusion around the time of Congo's independence in 1960 from Belgium.[2]

Chief of Defence Staff

Aferi continued in the military on his return to Ghana where he rose to the rank of Brigadier. He was promoted Major General and made the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) after the dismissal of Major General Otu, then CDS by President Nkrumah.[3] He was the last CDS to serve before the overthrow of Nkrumah in Ghana's first military coup.

Politics

Aferi was the first Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in the National Redemption Council military government of General Kutu Acheampong in 1972.[4]

Death

Aferi died on April 8, 2003 in Accra, Ghana.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Third Man Up". Time. September 1960. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
  3. ↑ Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr. (December 2006). "When Dancers Play Historians and Thinkers-Part 19". feature article. ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
  4. ↑ "Foreign ministers E-K:Ghana". Rulers.org. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
  5. ↑ "General Aferi Is Dead". General News of Tuesday, 6 May 2003. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
  6. ↑ "Rulers:April 2003". Rulers.org. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
Military offices
Preceded by
Major General Stephen J. A. Otu		 Chief of the Defence Staff
1965 – 1966		 Succeeded by
Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka
Political offices
Preceded by
William Ofori Atta		 Foreign Minister
1972		 Succeeded by
Col. Kwame R.M. Baah
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