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HE DR WILLIAM GEORGE MENSAH BRANDFUL
HIGH COMMISSIONER TO SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF GHANA
BORN : 4 December 1952, Cape Coast, Ghana
AGE : 59
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Dinah Brandful
Has four daughters; two grandchildren
EDUCATION: B.A. (Hons) French, University of Ghana, Legon (with one year language training at Dakar University),
1971 – 1975
Course in Conference Interpretation Techniques, Polytechnic of Central London, 1976 – 1977
Diploma in International Relations, University of Kenya, 1978 – 1979
Diploma in International Political Relations, International Institute for Public Administration, Paris, 1982 – 1983
Diploma in Specialised Studies in Diplomacy and Administration, University of Paris XI, France, 1982 –1983
Attachment at The Hague Academy of International Law, Netherlands, Jul – Aug 1983
Participant, Conference of the Center for International Understanding, Bellagio, Italy, May 1985
Awarded Doctorate Degree by the Faculty of Seeaux, University of Paris XI, Jan 1986
CAREER:
1975 – 1976 Taught French at Wesley Girls High School, Cape Coast, Ghana
May 1977 – Sep 1988 Assistant Director (Economic Relations and Africa), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
1987 – 1997 Non-professional Translator/Interpreter for the World Council of Churches
Sep 1988 – Aug 1992 Counsellor, Ghana Embassy, Cotonou, Benin
Oct 1992 – Oct 1994 Deputy Chief of Protocol, MFA
Oct 1994 – Aug 1996 Deputy Director, Africa and Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Bureau, MFA
Aug 1996 – Oct 2000 Minister-Counsellor, Ghana Embassy, Bonn, Germany
Nov 2000 –Jul 2002 Chief of Protocol, MFA
Jul – Oct 2002 Director, Americas Bureau, MFA
Oct 2002 – Oct 2006 Deputy Head of Mission, Ghana Embassy, Bamako, Mali
Nov 2007 –Oct 2008 Supervising Director, Policy Planning, Research & Monitoring Department, MFA
Oct 2008 –Apr 2011 High Commissioner to Zambia
14 Jun 2011 to present Ambassador to Japan
22 Jun 2012 High Commissioner to Singapore
PUBLICATIONS : Memoir (written in French under the supervision of Embassy of France in the Philippines) entitled “Le Developpement Socio-Economique Aux Phillipnes” (The Contribution of the Asian Development Bank towards Socio-Economic Development in the Philippines), June 1983
Doctoral thesis (written in French) on “La Carriere Des Fonctionnaires Internationaux” (The Career of International Civil Servants), Jan 1986
Country Report on Ghana’s Involvement in Peace-Keeping Activities. (Paper presented at Seminar in Berlin on Regional and International Conflict Prevention), Oct 2001
LANGUAGES : English and French
(from top to bottom) The Ambassador of the Republic of Costa Rica His Excellency Jairo Hernandez Milian, the Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia His Excellency Slobodan Tashovski and the High Commissioner of the Republic of Ghana His Excellency Dr William George Mensah Brandful presenting their credentials to President Tony Tan at the Istana this afternoon.
(Photos: MICA)