Theodore Owusu Asare

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Asare with Sigismund von Braun (1959)

Theodore Owusu Asare (born April 11, 1903 ; † unknown) was a Ghanaian diplomat .

Career

Asare was a descendant of the Ashanti and taught history and social sciences at the Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School in Odumase Krobo between 1926 and 1928 . As a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Asare worked as a lawyer in and around New York City in the 1930s and 1940s, and between 1950 and 1952 he represented American companies in commercial matters in France and West Africa. After the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Federal Republic of Germany on July 14, 1959, Asare was accredited as ambassador in Bonn until 1961 . Between March 13, 1962 and 1965/66 he was appointed ambassador of the Republic of Ghana in the Liberian capital Monrovia .

Asare had been married to Henrietta Burks since 1937.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Who’s Who in Germany 1990. A – L. Sutter's International Red Series, p. 34 ( snippet ).
  2. ↑ Tobias C. Bringmann : Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-598-11431-1 , p. 191 ( online ).
  3. ^ Grant Ohemeng Kesse : The Ghana Embassy in Germany - 50 Years of Diplomatic Relations ( Memento of May 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
  4. ^ Ilse Dorothee Pautsch, Mechthild Lindemann, Michael Mayer: Files on the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany 1962. Volume I: January 1 to March 31, 1962. R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-486-59192-7 , P. 2139 ( online ).
  5. ^ SH Steinberg: The Statesman's Year Book 1965–1966. St. Martin's Press, New York City 1965, p. 470 ( online ).
predecessor Office successor
- Ghanaian ambassador to Germany
1959–1961 		Miguel Augustus Francisco Ribeiro
personal data
SURNAME Asare, Theodore Owusu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Asare, Theodore O .; Asare, TO
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1903
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century