Virginia Hesse (born 31 July 1944) is a Ghanaiancivil servant and diplomat who served as Ghana's ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2017 to 2021.[2][3] She spent a majority of her professional career in the Ghanaian public service.[4]
She worked at the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Accra, as a commercial officer and at the ministry's diplomacy department.[4] She was Ghana's Deputy Trade Commissioner at the Court of St James's.[4] In the private sector, she also worked for a Swiss international firm as a project manager and later, for water supply and sewage treatment plants.[4] She was also the President of the Accra chapter of the women's empowerment global non-profit, Zonta International.[4]
Diplomatic career
She was sworn into office as the Ghanaian Ambassador to the Czech Republic, together with four other envoys, on 2 August 2017 by Nana Akufo-Addo, the president of Ghana.[11][12] She was also among 20 Ghanaian women ambassadors selected that year.[4] As ambassador, she had concurrent accreditation to North Macedonia, Romania and other Visegrád Group nations, Hungary and Slovakia.[4] She was also the Dean of the African Group of the Czech Republic.[4] She finished her four-year term in 2021.
Personal life
Virginia Hesse has one daughter, Gyankroma Akufo-Addo whose father is Nana Akufo-Addo.[13] Hesse is a lifelong Presbyterian and a member of the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu.
