Nana Effah-Apenteng

Nana Effah-Apenteng was the Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations between May 2000 and 2007.

Education Effah-Apenteng attended the University of Ghana at Legon where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Political science in 1968. He went on to achieve a Master's degree in African Studies at the same university in 1970. While in the foreign service, he received a diploma in public administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration in 1974. He completed the Foreign Service Officers' Course in International Relations at Oxford the following year.

Other roles Effah-Apenteng became the traditional ruler (paramount chief) of the Bompata Traditional Area of Ashanti in 1976.

Family Effah-Apenteng was born at Bompata in the Asante Akim South District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana and is married with three sons.