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His Excellency McArios Akanbeanab Akanbong

H.E. McArios Akanbeanab Akanbong is a Ghanaian career diplomat, lawyer, and international relations expert with over 27 years of experience in diplomacy and public service. He has served in key diplomatic postings including Pretoria, Cotonou, Beijing, Brussels, and Tehran, and currently serves as Ghana’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union and UNECA. A former Director of the Legal and Treaties Bureau of Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has played a significant role in international negotiations, including the African Continental Free Trade Area process. He holds degrees in law, international relations, communication studies, and education, and is fluent in several languages.

His Excellency McArios Akanbeanab Akanbong is a career Diplomat of 27 years experience.  He previously served in Pretoria as Trade and Investment Officer from 2002-2006 and in Cotonou as Head of Chancery/Political and Economic Officer from 2009- 2013. Between 2016 and 2021, H.E. Akanbong served as Head of Chancery in the Beijing Mission.  In 2022, he was appointed as Deputy Head of Mission of Ghana’s Mission in Brussels where he oversaw Ghana-EU relations.  He subsequently served as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim until his appointment in May 2024 as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Ghana to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

He was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Ghana to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in March 2026.

H.E. Akanbong is a lawyer of 24 years standing at the Ghana Bar.  He spent the most part of his working life in the Legal and Treaties Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ultimately rising to the position of Director of the Bureau in 2016. 

He has been involved in numerous negotiations on behalf of Ghana and was Alternate Chief Negotiator of Ghana in the Africa Continental Free Trade Negotiations from 2015 -2016.  He was also a member of Ghana’s Negotiating Team on the EU-ACP Partnership Agreement (Samoa Agreement) and Legal Counsel for Ghana on the UN/ECOWAS Fact Finding Team’s investigations into the alleged killing of 44 Ghanaians in the Gambia in 2008.

H.E. Akanbong has represented the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in actions and proceedings brought against the Ministry before judicial and quasi-judicial bodies in Ghana.

Prior to joining the Ministry, H.E. Akanbong worked as a journalist with reputable media organisations in Ghana, notably Daily Graphic, High Street Journal, Business Watch Magazine and Le Diplomat Magazine respectively.

He holds a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy, Barrister at Law Degree, Post-Graduate Diploma in Communication Studies, Bachelor of Arts in French and Diploma in Education. 

He is proficient in English, French, Buli, Hausa, Twi and Kassem.

H.E. Akanbong is the Chief of Doninga in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region of Ghana.

He is married with five children.