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Amma A. Twun-Amoah (born 19XX at place and town) is a career diplomat who became The Minister/Head of Chancery of the Ghana Embassy at Washington DC in the United States of America in November 2012. (Ghana (embassy page on wiki still has the old Ambassador on it and needs to be updated to reflect the new Ambassador's name)). Mrs. Twum-Amoah succeeded (who did you take over from?). Prior to assuming this position at the Ghana Embassy in the USA, the Ghanaian diplomat served as acting Head of Mission for the embassy from February 1, 2014 to October 10, 2014 when Lieutenant General Joseph Henry Smith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry_Smith) arrived to assume his position as Ghana's Ambassador to the USA in (when did ambassador assume post, date and month?). Mrs. Twun-Amoah arrived in the USA on (when did you arrive in the US?) from Accra, Ghana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana) where she was serving as the Director of Protocol Bureau for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration from June 2011 to November 2012.

Diplomatic postings
Amma A. Twun-Amoah previously served in key civil service and government positions in Ghana and [held a diplomatic post https://www.gg.gov.au/program/wednesday-29-march-2006-government-house-canberra-governor-general-his-excellency-major-g] in Australia as Minister-Counsellor/Acting High Commissioner, for Ghana High Commission at Canberra in Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia) from October 2005 to February 2006 during which she led a team of four Officers to re-open Ghana’s High Commission in Canberra and represented the Government of Ghana in Australia until the arrival of a substantive High Commissioner on 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 during which period she served as a member of the delegation for Ghana presenting a report on human rights discrimination http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=5443&LangID=E (check paragraph six for reference in this link).

Minister Twum-Amoah has a career spanning over (how many years) xxx years as a diplomat and government official. It was during her tenure that the Ghana national soccer team http://www.spyghana.com/ghana-embassy-us-welcome-stars/ ; the Black Stars, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_national_football_team) visited the USA on their way to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup world cup) She also received a petition on behalf of the government of Ghana from Ghanaian protesters in the USA in July 2014: http://tv3network.com/all-news/news/local/ghanaians-in-the-us-demonstrate-against-gov-t.html

She has served the peoples of Ghana too in the following capacities as 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 agrément for new Envoys to Ghana among other tasks until September 2002 to March 2003 when she became the Acting Director for that Ministry.

Mrs. Twun-Amoah is married to (if you care to mention) and has (how many number of children if you care to mention). She is an avid reader of mostly biographies and a recreational player of badminton who has keen about cooking and clothing designing.

Education
In 1988, Amma received her Diploma in Religious Studies from the University of Cape Coast and went ahead to gain Bachelor of Education (Hons) B.ed in December from same university. She holds Masters in Business Administration from the University of Canberra, Australia.

Amma holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Post-Graduate Certificate in Public Administration, from the Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra acquired in October 1993 and December 1992 respectively.

In June 1997, Amma acquired a Post-Graduate Certificate in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. In the same year, Amma received her Certificate in Policy Analysis, in November 1997 in Accra, Ghana.

Amma holds these and many other certifications:
 * Certificate, 34th Professional Course for Foreign Diplomats, New Delhi, India.  December, 2003
 * Certificate, UNITAR Workshop “The Structure, Drafting and Adoption of United Nations Resolutions”, June 2000.  Geneva, Switzerland.
 * Certificate, UNITAR Seminar, “Information and Communication Technologies: A New Issue for Diplomats”, December 2000. Geneva. Switzerland.