Richard Kweku Abusua-Yedom Quarshie

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Richard Kweku Abusua-Yedom Quarshie ( 1922 - September 1996 ) was a Ghanaian diplomat , businessman and politician.

education

Richard Quarshie was a senior executive when he was sent to England to study.

Career

Richard Kweku Abusua-Yedom Quarshie was of royal African descent and married to Emma Wilhelmina Philips (1917-2004); his son is Hugh Quarshie .

He was one of the first diplomats in Ghana; he was employed in setting up the missions in London and Paris .

From November 22, 1960 to 1967 he was ambassador in Leopoldville / Kinshasa .

On November 22, 1960, he survived twice the use of troops from Mobutu Sese Seko within 24 hours . In 1967 he was ambassador to Cairo .

On July 1, 1968, Quarshie was founding president of the Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation and became president of the Ghana Cocoa Board and local director of Consolidated African Selection Trust Ltd. who operates diamond mining .

From August 31, 1970 to January 13, 1973 he was Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism in the government of Kofi Abrefa Busia .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leopoldville, the Congo The Congo Army forced Ghanas top diplomat to quit the country today after an all-night battle with United Nations troops then went on a rampage. When Ghanas charge d'affairs Nathanie Welbeck left for home on a Soviet plane, the soldiers arested and beat up scores of UN-Oficials in revenge for the death of their field commander colonel Justin Kokolo ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2016 on the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the battle. Ghana's Foreign Affairs Secretary Richard Quarshie was brought to Leopoldville by Henry Templer Alexander , apparently to replace Welbeck. But Quarshie was arrested. texashistory.unt.edu news.google.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fondationkokolo.org
  2. ^ West Africa, West Africa Publishing Company Limited, 1993, p. 2231
predecessor Office successor
Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck Ghanaian ambassador in Leopoldville / Kinshasa ( Democratic Republic of the Congo )
November 22, 1960 to 1967 		July 2001: Festus Addae, Lt.Col
July 2002: Daniel Yaw Adjei
June 16, 2004: Chris-Ky Kpodo
June 16, 2004 to Feb. 23, 2010: Idirisu Mohammed Biyira
George Abu Wemah Ghanaian ambassador in Cairo ( Egypt )
1967 		Chemogo Dodzil Benni
personal data
SURNAME Quarshie, Richard Kweku Abusua-Yedom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian diplomat, businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1922
DATE OF DEATH September 1996