- Gloria Amon Nikoi
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name = Mrs. Gloria Amon Nikoi
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small_| office = Minister for Foreign Affairs
term_start = June 1979
term_end =September 24 ,1979
predecessor = Colonel Roger Felli
successor = Dr. Isaac K. Chinebuah
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birth_date = 1930
birth_place =Ghana
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footnotes =Mrs. Gloria Amon Nikoi (born 1930 in
Ghana ) [cite web |url=http://www.smolec.pl/kobiety/gloria_amon_nikoi.htm |title=Gloria Amon Nikoi |accessdate=2007-04-10 |] was the Ghanaianforeign minister in 1979 under the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) government. As of 2007, she is the first and only lady to hold this position. She is also a career diplomat. In addition, she is the widow of Dr. Amon Nikoi, a former governor of theBank of Ghana and also a formerfinance minister .Career
Mrs. Nikoi was the Deputy Chief of Mission to the
United Nations from 1967 to 1974. [cite web|url=http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Ghana.htm |title=Ghana Ministers |accessdate=2007-04-10 |date=23 March 2007 |work=Worldwdid Guide to Women in Leadership |author=Martin K.I. Christensen |publisher=Martin K.I. Christensen] Gloria Nikoi later worked as a senior official in the Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.After the military coup of
June 4 ,1979 which overthrew the Supreme Military Council government, she was made foreign minster for about four months in the AFRC government ofFlight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings . [cite web|url=http://rulers.org/fm2.html |title=Foreign ministers E-K - Ghana |accessdate=2007-04-10 |author=B. Schemmel |work=Lists of heads of state of government and ministers of various countries |publisher=Rulers.org] This ended onSeptember 24 ,1979 , when the Third Republic under Dr.Hilla Limann 's People's National Party government was inaugurated.Gloria Nikoi was the Chairperson of the Bank for Housing and Construction, a Ghanaian bank, in 1981. She has also been a director of the
African Development Bank (ADB). [cite web|url=http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/foreign_ministers.htm |title=Female Ministers of Foreign Affairs |accessdate=2007-04-10 |date=4 April 2007 |author=B. Schemmel |work=Lists of heads of state of government and ministers of various countries |publisher=Rulers.org] She was the first Chairperson of the Council of theGhana Stock Exchange when it was first inaugurated onNovember 12 ,1990 . [cite web |url=http://www.gse.com.gh/aboutus/default.asp |title=About Us:Overview & History |accessdate=2007-04-10 |work=Official website |publisher=Ghana Stock Exchange ]References
ee also
Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana) External links
* [http://www.smolec.pl/kobiety/gloria_amon_nikoi.htm Picture of Gloria Amon Nikoi (Polish website)]
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