Background
QUAISON-SACKEY, Alexander was born on August 9, 1924 in Winneba. Son of late Alex Emanuel Sackey and of Alberta Quaison.
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ALEXANDER QUAISON-SACKEY
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Education
He then proceeded to the United Kingdom, where he studied Philosophy, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford University, graduating with an honours degree. He also studied international relations and international law at the London School of Economics after being appointed one of Ghana"s first Foreign Service officers.
Career
He was the first black African to serve as president of the United Nations General Assembly. He received his early education in Ghana at Mfantsipim at Cape Coast in the Central Region and Achimota College near Accra. He served as Ghana"s second ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations from 30 June 1959 to 1965.
He served as President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1964 to 1965, becoming the first black African to hold that position.
During that time, Quaison-Sackey was also Ghana"s ambassador to Cuba from 1961 to 1965 and ambassador to Mexico from 1962 to 1964. In 1965, he became foreign minister of Ghana, but served in that position for only a few months, as he was dismissed when President Nkrumah was overthrown in February 1966.
He was again appointed as Ambassador to the United States in 1978 by the Supreme Military Council led by Lieutenant General Fred Akuffo
Quaison-Sackey was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs in Kwame Nkrumah"s Convention People"s Party government.
He was on a trip to Vietnam with Nkrumah when the government was overthrown by a military coup d"état leading to the formation of the National Liberation Council on 24 February 1966 led by Lieutenant
General Joseph Arthur Ankrah. Quaison-Sackey died at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra following a pulmonary embolism on 21 December 1992. Quaison-Sackey"s parents were Alex Emmanuel Sackey (1902–1972) and Alberta Quaison.
Together, they had six children, Egya, Nana, Awo, Kweku Bondzie and Nenyi (Nii) and Yaaba.
Grandchildren, Kwesi Awenate, Kodwo, Nana, Egya and Selasie.
Membership
Ghana delegation to General Agreement of Tariff and Trades, Geneva 1957. United Nations Conciliation Commission, to the Congo (Leopoldville) 1961. Convention People"s Party.
Connections
Married Elsie Blankson in 1951.
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Nationality
Ghanaian -
Political Party
Convention People"s Party