FRANCIS EDMUND BOATEN, Diplomat, Official. Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ghana, New York; High Commissioner to Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago; Ambassador to Cuba. Associate Senior Member, Street Antony’s College, Oxford University.
Education
Achimota College, Gold Coast, 1940-1948, Certificate & Bachelor of Arts. University of the Gold Coast, 1950-1952, Bachelor of Arts History, Economy & English. University of London, Post Graduate Study International Relations, 1956.
Oxford University, 1971-1972, Fellowship. Spoken languages: Twi, English.
Career
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Ghana, New York. High Commissioner to Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago. Ambassador to Cuba since 1972.
Principal Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ghana, 1966-1971. General Secretary, Accra Assembly, 1962-1966. Director, Eastern European Affairs, Director of Administration Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1960-1962.
Counsellor, Embassy to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Moscow, 1960. Ghana High Commission, New Delhi, 1957-1959. Admin Officer, Gold Coast Admin Service, 1952-1955.