Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware

Her Royal Highness Oheneba Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware is a Ghanaian physician and diplomat. She is the ambassador of Ghana to the Russian Federation. Opoku Ware is also trained as a family physician. In 2017, she was appointed by Ghana's president as the Ambassador to the Russian Federation. She is also the ambassador to several other countries including Armenia.

Early life and education Oheneba Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware is the daughter of Victoria (née Victoria Nana Akua Afiiriyie Bando) and Otumfuo Opoku Ware II, the 15th King of the Ashanti Kingdom (Asantehene) hence the prefix of her name, "Oheneba". Both of her parents were from Ashanti royalty; they married in 1945. Lesley is the youngest daughter of the Asantehene. She had two older siblings, Gifty Opoku Ware died 2018 and Nana Osei Opoku Ware died 2025. Lesley's father died in 1999 and his son did not inherit the title.

Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, commissioned her as Ghana's Ambassador to the Russian Federation on 12 September 2017. On 11 April 2018, she presented her credentials to the President of the Federation, Vladimir Putin. She was still based in Moscow when she presented her credentials in Armenia to President Armen Sarkissian in January 2019. Later, in April 2019, she presented her credentials in Moldova and she was assured by Tudor Ulianovschi that Moldova intended to create its own embassy in Ghana to further improve relations.

In 21 June, she was given renewed credentials as the ambassador to Russia. The president, Nana Akufo-Addo, encouraged her and twenty other ambassadors or high commissioners to assist their country in recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. , she was ambassador to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Russia.

Recognitions Managing director of Euracare Medical Center in Accra.