Agnes Yahan Aggrey-Orleans | |
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Born | Agnes Yahan Bartels |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Education | |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Spouse | James Aggrey-Orleans |
Children |
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Parent | Francis Lodowic Bartels (father) |
Awards | Order of the Volta (2015) |
Agnes Yahan Aggrey-Orleans, OV, (née Bartels) is a Ghanaian diplomat, considered the first female career diplomat in Ghana. [1] [2]
Her father was Francis Lodowic Bartels, an educator and diplomat who became the first Ghanaian principal of Mfantsipim School. [3] Agnes Aggrey-Orleans had her secondary education at the Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast Ghana. [4] She then attended the University of Ghana. She was married to the Ghanaian diplomat, James Aggrey-Orleans (1937–2018) who served as the Ghanaian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from October 1997 to March 2001. [5] [6] [7] [8] Her diplomatic career included positions in various Ghana Missions, including those in New York and the Holy See. [1] [9] [10] She invested as a Member of Order of the Volta Award in 2015 by the then President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama. [11] [12] [13]