Amma Twum-Amoah
{{Short description|Ghanaian diplomat}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Amma Adomaa Twum-Amoah
| image = Amma Twum Amoah.jpg
| caption = Amma A. Twum-Amoah
| office = Commissioner for the African Union Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development
| termstart = Feb 2025
| predecessor = Minata Samaté Cessouma
| office1 = Ghana's Ambassador to Ethiopia
| termstart1 = March 2018
| education = University of Cape Coast
University of Oxford
| profession = Diplomat
| honorific_prefix = Her Excellency
| birth_name = Amma Adomaa Twum
| nationality = Ghanaian
}}Amma Adomaa Twum-Amoah is a Ghanaian diplomat who has worked for the foreign relations of Ghana in various capacities and is presently Ghana's ambassador to Ethiopia.[https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Ghana-s-Ambassador-to-Ethiopia-presents-credentials-to-Dr-Mulatu-Teshome-696827 Ghana Ambassador to Ethiopia] She became Minister/Head of Chancery of the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C. in the United States on November 17, 2012.{{Cite web |url=http://www.diplomatictraffic.com/diplomatic_mission.asp?ID=83 |title=Diplomatic Traffic |access-date=15 November 2016 |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724011148/http://www.diplomatictraffic.com/diplomatic_mission.asp%3FID%3D83 |url-status=usurped }} She is the current Commissioner for the African Union Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) of the African Union Commission elected during the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly in February 2025. Before joining the Commission, Ambassador Twum-Amoah served as the former Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and South Sudan and was the Permanent Representative to the African Union and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theafricandream.net/adomaa-twum-amoah-elected-au-commissioner/|title=African Union Commission post
|website=theafricandream.net}}
Career
Amma previously served in key civil service and government positions in Ghana and held a diplomatic post in Australia as Minister-Counsellor/Acting High Commissioner, for Ghana High Commission at Canberra in Australia from October 2005 to February 2006.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/program/wednesday-29-march-2006-government-house-canberra-governor-general-his-excellency-major-g |title=Australia Mission |access-date=2016-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002750/https://www.gg.gov.au/program/wednesday-29-march-2006-government-house-canberra-governor-general-his-excellency-major-g |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}
During her work in Australia, she led a team of four Officers to reopen Ghana’s High Commission in Canberra and represented the Government of Ghana in Australia until the arrival of a substantive High Commissioner in March 2006 in the person of His Excellency Mr. Kofi Sekyiamah.
The Ghanaian Diplomat served as Counsellor/Head of Chancery for the Ghana Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from September 2000 to August 2002. In Geneva, Amma served as a member of the delegation for Ghana presenting a report on human rights discrimination. She was part of the team that presented the report of the Ninth Meeting of the Programme Coordinating Board of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, in May 2000.[http://data.unaids.org/governance/pcb02/pcb_09_00_08_report_en.pdf UNAIDS report]
Twum-Amoah has served the people of Ghana too in the following capacities: Deputy Director of Policy Planning and Research Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Accra from October 2004 to October 2005 during which she processed requests for agreement for new Envoys to Ghana among other tasks until September 2002 to March 2003 when she became the acting director for that Ministry.
Twum-Amoah served as acting Head of Mission for the embassy from February 1, 2014, to October 16, 2014, before Lieutenant General Joseph Henry Smith was named Ghana Ambassador to the USA.
Twum-Amoah served in Ghana as the Director of Protocol Bureau for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration from June 2011 to November 2012.{{Cite web|title=News Archives {{!}} Ghana|url=http://www.ghanaembassy.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=1154&cntnt01returnid=104|access-date=2016-11-24|website=www.ghanaembassy.org}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Traffic|url=http://www.diplomatictraffic.com/diplomatic_mission.asp?ID=83|access-date=2016-11-24|website=www.diplomatictraffic.com|archive-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724011148/http://www.diplomatictraffic.com/diplomatic_mission.asp%3FID%3D83|url-status=usurped}} Twum-Amoah currently serves as Ghana's Ambassador to Ethiopia.{{Cite web|title=President Akufo-Addo Swears In 3 New Envoys – The Presidency, Republic of Ghana|url=http://presidency.gov.gh/index.php/2018/03/07/president-akufo-addo-swears-in-3-new-envoys/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231603/http://presidency.gov.gh/index.php/2018/03/07/president-akufo-addo-swears-in-3-new-envoys/|archive-date=2018-03-08|access-date=2018-03-08|website=presidency.gov.gh|language=en-US}}
She hosted Ghana President John Dramani Mahama when he attended the United States–Africa Leaders Summit 2014 as Acting Ambassador. It was during that time too that the Ghana national football team visited the USA on their way to the[http://www.spyghana.com/ghana-embassy-us-welcome-stars/ Ghana National Men's Football team]2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Twum-Amoah currently also serves as head of Ghana's Permanent Mission to the African Union.
Education
Amma Twum-Amoah attended The University Of Cape Coast in Ghana and the University of Oxford in England. Her Excellency Amma Twum-Amoah is a Chevening Scholar, and holds a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Canberra, Australia.{{Cite web|url=https://au.int/commissioners/he-amb-amma-twum-amoah|title=African Union profile
|website=au.int/commissioners}}
Personal life
Twum-Amoah is currently married to Paul Amoah and has three children: Papa Amoah, Maame Amoah, and Ewuradjoa Amoah.
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