Agnes Yahan Aggrey-Orleans

OV
Born
Agnes Yahan Bartels
NationalityGhana Ghanaian
Education
OccupationDiplomat
SpouseJames Aggrey-Orleans
Children
  • James E. K. Aggrey-Orleans
  • B. L. Kweku Aggrey-Orleans
ParentFrancis Lodowic Bartels (father)
AwardsOrder of the Volta (2015)

Agnes Yahan Aggrey-Orleans, OV, (née Bartels) is a Ghanaian diplomat.[1]

Biography

Her father was Francis Lodowic Bartels, an educator and diplomat who became the first Ghanaian principal of Mfantsipim School.[2] Agnes Aggrey-Orleans had her secondary education at the Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast Ghana.[3] She then attended the University of Ghana. She was married to the Ghanaian diplomat, James Aggrey-Orleans (1937–2018) who served as the Ghanaian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from October 1997 to March 2001.[4][5][6][7] Her diplomatic career included positions in various Ghana Missions, including those in New York and the Holy See.[1][8][9] She invested as a Member of Order of the Volta Award in 2015 by the then President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama.[10][11][12]

References

  1. 1 2 "To the new Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to the Holy See (January 11, 1997) | John Paul II". w2.vatican.va. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  2. ↑ "James Kwegyir Aggrey-Orleans". www.mytribute.life. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  3. ↑ "Wesley Girls High School - Past Students". wesleygirls.edu.gh. Archived from the original on 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  4. ↑ "Ghanaian diplomat Ambassador Aggrey-Orleans dies aged 81". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  5. ↑ "Former Ghana UK envoy Aggrey-Orleans dies at 81". Graphic Online. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  6. ↑ Online, Peace FM. "Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey Commiserates With Family Of Ambassador Aggrey-Orleans, Signs Book Of Condolence". Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  7. ↑ "Kofi Annan was no pushover – Aggrey-Orleans". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  8. ↑ Permanent Missions to the United Nations. United States Mission to the United Nations. 1964.
  9. ↑ Permanent Missions to the United Nations, Officers Entitled to Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities. United States Mission to the United Nations. 1966.
  10. ↑ Government, Ghana. "President Mahama confers National awards on 35 personalities - Government of Ghana". www.ghana.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  11. ↑ Dokosi, Michael Eli (2016-10-31). "28 Ghanaians and 5 foreigners given state awards by President Mahama | Primenewsghana.com - 2016". www.primenewsghana.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  12. ↑ Online, Peace FM. "Prez Mahama Confers State Honours On 33 Distinguished Ghanaians". m.peacefmonline.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.


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