Virginia Hesse

Virginia Hesse (born 1944) is a Ghanaian civil servant and diplomat. She is Ghana's ambassador to the Czech Republic.[2][3] She spent her entire professional career in the Ghanaian public service.

Virginia Hesse
Ambassador of Ghana to the Czech Republic
Assumed office
2 August 2017
PresidentNana Akuffo-Addo
Preceded byZita Okaikoi[1]
Personal details
Born1944 (age 75–76)
Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
RelationsLebrecht Wilhelm Fifi Hesse (brother)
Children1 daughter
Alma materUniversity of Ghana, Legon
Profession

Biography
Further information: Hesse family

A native of Osu, Accra, Virginia Hesse is a member of the notable Hesse family. Her brother, Lebrecht Wilhelm Fifi Hesse (1934 – 2000) was the first black African Rhodes Scholar, two-time Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and a member of the Public Services Commission of Ghana. [4][5][6][7][8] Her other brother, Christian Hesse served as Ghana's ambassador to the Soviet Union and later to Russia in the 1980s and 1990s.

She is an alumna of the University of Ghana, Legon and worked at the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Accra, as a commercial officer. She was sworn into office as the Ghanaian Ambassador to the Czech Republic, together with four other envoys, on 2 August 2017 by Nana Akufo-Addo; the president of Ghana.[9][10] She is a lifelong Presbyterian and a member of the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu.

References
  1. "Former Czech Ambassador Zita Sabah Okaikoi remarries". www.ghanapoliticsonline.com. 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  2. "The Diplomatic Breakfast – Meeting with Her Excellency Virginia Hesse, Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana in Prague : Czech – Ghanaian Chamber of Commerce (CGCC)". www.ghanatrade.cz. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. "Staff – Ghana Embassy Prague". www.ghanaembassy.cz. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. Ghartey-Tagoe, David Kwesi (28 July 2010). David Ghartey-Tagoe: A Broadcast Icon. Xlibris Corporation. p. 126. ISBN 9781453542071.
  5. "West Africa, Issues 4238-4254". West Africa Publishing Company Limited. 2000: 18. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. "BM/E's world broadcast news, Volume 9". Broadband Information Services. 1986. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Burial memorial and thanksgiving service for the late Mr. L.W. Fifi Hesse, aged 65, member, Public Services Commission, at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu, on Saturday, 18th November, 2000, at 10.00 A.M. : burial at Basel Mission Cemetery, Osu. Osu, Ghana: Legendesignhouse. 2000.
  8. Burial Memorial and Thanksgiving Service for the Late Mr. L.W. Fifi Hesse, Aged 65, Member, Public Services Commission, at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu, on Saturday, 18th November, 2000, at 10.00 A.M.: Burial at Basel Mission Cemetery, Osu. Legendesignhouse. 2000.
  9. "Prez Akufo-Addo swears in five new envoys". www.graphic.com.gh. 3 August 2017. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  10. "President Akufo-Addo swears in 4 Ambassadors, 1 High Commissioner". www.myjoyonline.com. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
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