Samuel Ernest Quarm was a

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

ian

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. He served as Ghana's ambassador to

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

from 1969 to 1970, Ghana's ambassador to

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from 1970 to 1974, Ghana's Ambassador to the United States of America from 1974 to 1978, and Ghana's ambassador to

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from 1984 to 1989.

Early life and education

Quarm was born in 1932 at

Axim Axim is a coastal town and the capital of Nzema East Municipal district, a district in Western Region of South Ghana. Axim lies 64 kilometers west of the port city of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region, west of Cape Three Points. Axim ha ...

. He had his secondary education at

Adisadel College Adisadel College, popularly known as "Adisco", is an Anglican boys' boarding school in Cape Coast, Ghana. It was established by Rt. Rev. Nathaniel T Hamlyn in 1910. Adisadel College is one of the oldest Senior high school, secondary schools in ...

and proceeded to the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It is the oldest public university in the country. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the British colony of the Gold Coast ...

(then the University College of the Gold Coast). He later studied at

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and the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations.

Career

Quarm joined the Ghanaian foreign service and was made head of Chancery in

Liberia Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...

from 1957 to 1958, and

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

from 1960 to 1963. He was the assistant secretary, and senior assistant secretary of the

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from 1958 to 1960 and from 1963 to 1964 respectively. From 1964 to 1965, he was the counsellor for the

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and a year later, he was appointed deputy High Commissioner to the

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. He served in this capacity until the overthrow of

Kwame Nkrumah Francis Kwame Nkrumah (, 21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained ...

in 1966. During the tenure of the then new government ( NLC), Quarm was appointed director of the International National Organisations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A year later, he was made the deputy permanent representative of Ghana to the

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. In May 1969 Quarm was appointed Ghana's ambassador to

. He served in this capacity until May 1970 when he was made Ghana's ambassador to

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. In 1972 he became the Supervising Director of the Political Department and acting senior principal secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed Ghana's Ambassador to the United States of America from 19 August 1974 to 15 January 1978. He returned to Ghana in 1978 to head the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and also serve as principal secretary of the ministry. In October 1984, he was appointed Ghana's ambassador to

, he held this office until 1989.

Personal life

Quarm is married with four children. He speaks French fluently.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quarm, Samuel Ernest Ambassadors of Ghana to the United States Ambassadors of Ghana to Algeria Ambassadors of Ghana to Switzerland Permanent delegates of Ghana to UNESCO Alumni of Adisadel College Alumni of the University of Oxford University of Ghana alumni

Early life and education

Career

Personal life

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