Order of the Star of Ghana
Order of the Star of Ghana is the highest award of the state of Ghana . The order was founded in 1960.
The ribbon of this order has the colors of the Ghanaian flag from left to right in the order red, yellow, green. In the past, Ghana's independence anniversaries (March 6, 1957) were used to honor special people with the Order of the Star of Ghana. The award is also given posthumously.
In 1977, on the 20th anniversary of Ghana's independence, Prince Charles was among the recipients of the highest Ghanaian order.
President Jerry Rawlings awarded the Order of the Star of Ghana on the 40th anniversary in 1997 to Ebenezer Ako-Adjei , among others .
President John Agyekum Kufuor used the 50th anniversary in 2007 to honor 31 people in Ghanaian and world history with the highest order in Ghana.
Known porters
The winners of this award include:
- Queen Beatrix (2008)
- Queen Elizabeth II (2007)
- Charles , Crown Prince of the British Royalty (1977 and 2018)
- Ebenezer Ako-Adjei , Ghanaian independence fighter and author (1997, officer)
- George Kingsley Acquah , Former Chief Justice of Ghana (2006, Member)
- Zera Yacob Amha Selassie of Ethiopia, grandson of Haille Selassie
- Emperor Haile Selassie (1970)
- Albert Adu Boahen , philosopher, writer and important historian
- Michael Akuoko Otu , Lieutenant General of the Ghanaian Air Force ( Air Marshal ) (2006)
- Kofi Annan , former UN Secretary General (2000)
- Olusegun Obasanjo , President of Nigeria
- Sam Nujoma , first President of Namibia
- Sam Jonah , founder and former managing director of Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd.
- Joseph Henry Mensah , Former Treasury Secretary and Senior Minister of Ghana
- Anthony Deku , Ghana's leading politician (2006)
- Gloria Amon Nikoi , Ghana's former Foreign Minister
- Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi-Hughes , Speaker of Parliament in Ghana
- Albert Kwesi Ocran , military leader and politician in Ghana
- Georgina Theodora Wood (2007)
- JH Kwabena Nketia
- Philip Edward Archer (2000)
- Jan Peter Balkenende
See also
Web links
- List of appointments 2006 , engl.
Individual evidence
- ^ Encyclopedia Americana , Volume 8, Americana Corporation, New York 1965, p. 565.