Virginia Hesse

Virginia Hesse (born 31 July 1944) is a Ghanaian civil servant and diplomat who served as Ghana's ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021. She spent a majority of her professional career in the Ghanaian public service.

Family life and education

A native of Osu, Accra, Virginia Hesse is a member of the notable Hesse family. Her brother, Lebrecht Wilhelm Fifi Hesse (1934 – 2000) was the first black African Rhodes Scholar, two-time Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and a member of the Public Services Commission of Ghana. Her other brother, Christian Hesse served as Ghana's ambassador to the Soviet Union and later to Russia in the 1980s and 1990s. She is an alumna of Achimota School and the University of Ghana, Legon. She was also among 20 Ghanaian women ambassadors selected that year. Hesse is a lifelong Presbyterian and a member of the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu.