Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck

On March 6, 1957, Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck was shown in a photograph with other ministers from the Nkrumah government on the occasion of independence . Top, left to right: Joseph Henry Allassani, Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck, Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, John Ernest Jantuah, Imoru Egala (Minister of Industry); bottom left to right: Archie Casely-Hayford, Kojo Botsio , Kwame Nkrumah , Komla Agbeli Gbedemah , Edward Ochere Asafu-Adjaye (Ghana's High Commissioner in London).

Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck (* 1914 ; † 1972 ) was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician.

Career

Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck first worked as a teacher and was secretary of the Gold Coast Teachers' Union. He co-founded the Central Committee of the Convention People's Party in Ghana and was the party's general secretary for many years. In 1954 he became Minister of Works and Housing . In a cabinet reshuffle in 1958, he became Minister of the State of Defense , while Kwame Nkrumah remained Minister of Defense. In May 1959 Nkrumah appointed Welbeck resident minister in Conakry , Guinea within the Union of African States .

In November 1960, Welbeck was briefly ambassador to Léopoldville . During his time there he was from Mobutu Sese Seko to persona non grata explained. Welbeck died in 1972 after a long illness.

Individual evidence

^ Willard Scott Thompson, Ghana's Foreign Policy, 1957-1966: Diplomacy Ideology, and the New State, p. 71
↑ Nathaniel Welbeck Azarco 72. Mr. Welbeck started as a teacher. He entered Parliament in 1954 and was a Minister throughout the old regime, even though there were times when he had no Ministerial responsibilities but nonetheless drew his salary for doing nothing. 1972 Mr. Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck, Minister of Information in Dr. Nkrumah's government, has died after a long illness. Aged 57. Mr. Welbeck was once resident Minister in Guinea, where Dr. Nkrumah has been living since his overthrow in 1966, West Africa, Afrimedia International, 1972, p. 334 .

predecessor	Office	successor
	Ghanaian resident minister in Conakry , ( Guinea Union of African States ) 1959	James Ernest Akrong Kotei
Andrew Djin	Ghanaian ambassador in Leopoldville / Kinshasa ( Democratic Republic of the Congo ) November 1960 to November 22, 1967	Richard Kweku Abusua-Yedom Quarshie

personal data
SURNAME	Welbeck, Nathaniel Azarco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ghanaian diplomat, businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1914
DATE OF DEATH	1972

[1] Willard Scott Thompson, Ghana's Foreign Policy, 1957-1966: Diplomacy Ideology, and the New State, p. 71

[2] Nathaniel Welbeck Azarco 72. Mr. Welbeck started as a teacher. He entered Parliament in 1954 and was a Minister throughout the old regime, even though there were times when he had no Ministerial responsibilities but nonetheless drew his salary for doing nothing. 1972 Mr. Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck, Minister of Information in Dr. Nkrumah's government, has died after a long illness. Aged 57. Mr. Welbeck was once resident Minister in Guinea, where Dr. Nkrumah has been living since his overthrow in 1966, West Africa, Afrimedia International, 1972, p. 334 .