Eric Kwamina Otoo
Eric Kwamina Otoo (1926 – c.2004) was a Ghanaian diplomat. He served as Ghana's High commissioner to Kenya from August 1970 to 1972, Ghana's ambassador to Germany from 1972 to 6 September 1974, and Ghana's ambassador to the United States of America from 9 December 1982 to 18 October 1990. Early life and education Otoo was born in 1926. He had his secondary education at Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast and proceeded to the University of Ghana where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in history. Career Prior to joining the Ghanaian Foreign Service in 1959, Otoo taught at Mfantsipim School. From 1959 to 1960, Otoo was the Chargé d'affaires in the Ghanaian embassy in Monrovia, Liberia. In 1960, he was made the secretary of the Congo Coordination Committee at the Office of the President. This was during the Congo crisis in the early 1960s. He served in this capacity until 1962. While serving at the office of the president, he was a member of a delegation appointed by the then president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to the Soviet Union (now Russia) in 1961. In November 1963, he was moved to the Ministry of Defence to serve as its Principal Secretary