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Margaret Ivy Amoakohene (born July 17, 1960) is 3 High Commissioner to Canada
a Ghanaian academic and diplomat. She has served
in various sectors of governance and academia. She In 2006 President John Agyekum Kufour appointed
was Ghanas High Commissioner to Canada in the John Amoakohene to head Ghanas embassy in Canada as its
Agyekum Kufour administration. She is a senior lec- High Commissioner.[6][7] She ocially begun her diplo-
turer and acting director of the School of Communica- matic responsibility on 26 September 2006 when she pre-
tion Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon. She is sented her letters of commission to the Governor General
currently a member of the Council of State. of Canada, Her Excellency Michaelle Jean, at her ocial
Provincial oce and residence at La Citadel in Quebec
City.[8][9] As High Commissioner, she embarked on some
philanthropic activities, one of which involved the dona-
tion of medical equipment to the Nsawkaw Hospital.[10]
1 Early life and education She was the second High Commissioner to Canada in the
Kufour administration and served in that position from
July 2006 to February 2009.[5][6]
Margaret Ivy Amoakohene was born on 17 July 1960 at
Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo Region. She is a native of
Nsawkaw, capital of the Tain District in the Brong Ahafo
Region. She obtained her GCE Ordinary level certicate 4 Council of State
from St. Francis Secondary School in Jirapa, in the Upper
West Region of Ghana from 1974 to 1979.[1] She then In February 2017 President Nana Akuo-Addo nom-
proceeded to St. Louis Senior High School in Kumasi inated Amoakohene as one of the eleven president-
to obtain her GCE Advanced level certicate. In 1981 appointed members of the Council of State.[11] The 25-
she enrolled at the University of Ghana for a Bachelor of member Council of State is the constitutionally mandated
Arts degree in French and Spanish.[2][3] Amoakohene had advisory body to the President.[11][12][13]
her postgraduate education at the University of Ghana
where she graduated with a Master of Philosophy degree
and a Post-graduate Diploma in Communication Stud- 5 References
ies. She later obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree
in mass communication from the University of Leicester [1] FOGA Recognize Elevation Of Dr Margaret Amoako-
in England.[2] hene. News Ghana. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
[2] Margaret Amoakohene appointed Ag. Director of
School of Communication Studies. Modern Ghana. Re-
trieved 20 June 2017.
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