Promotion of Brigadier Emmanuel Okyere – Ghana

On 7th October, 2003, Colonel Emmanuel Okyere was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. Currently the Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attaché at the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, DC and Defense Advisor to the Ghana Mission in Canada, Brigadier General Okyere began his long career in the Ghanaian army in 1973.

He has since held several positions in the military, peacekeeping, and Civil Sectors, including Assistant Commandant at the Ghana Armed Forces and Staff College (1999 – 2001), Senior Operations Officer at Headquarters of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon from 1995 to 1996.

Colonel Okyere is the recipient of various distinguished awards, including the Sword of Honour (Ghana), the MacManus Award (Canada), the Tie of Merit (Nigeria) and the Thomas Jefferson Writing Excellence Award (USA) as well as a number of peacekeeping medals.

Col Okyere has participated in the Africa Center’s West Africa Ministerial Symposium deliberations and consultative meetings, and was a senior rapporteur during the seminar in July 2003.