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Biography
Ellen Serwa Nee-Whang (* 2. November 1952) is a retired Ghanaian diplomat.
Education
She had her secondary education at Aburi Girls' Senior High School, where she obtained GCE Ordinary Level and Advanced Level In 1973 she earned a degree in English and a Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations at the University of Ghana.
Career
In 1974 she joined the foreign service of her country. From 1985 to 1989, she worked as a counsellor at the representation of Ghana in Monrovia, Liberia, and was entrusted with the management of the embassy chancery.
Between 1989 and 1993 she worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ghana (Policy Planning and Research Bureau)
From 1993 to 1997, she was the embassy chancery at the Permanent Mission of Ghana at the United Nations Office in Geneva.
From April 2000 to November 2005, she was High Commissioner in Pretoria (South Africa) with simultaneous accreditation from the governments in Maseru, Antananarivo, Port Louis, Victoria, Mbabane and Moroni)
From January 2006 to October 2008, she worked as a senior civil servant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.
From 2010 to 2012, she was accredited as an ambassador in Berne (Switzerland) and at the same time in Vienna, Austria.