The Embassy of Mexico in Ghana welcomes you to its official website.
On this page you can find information about the relations between Mexico and Ghana, consular information for Mexican and foreign travelers who want to enter the country, about the cultural activities carried out by the Embassy, links to other official pages of the government of Mexico, in addition to useful information to establish contact with this Diplomatic Representation.
The Embassy works with enthusiasm to strengthen the ties between Mexico and Ghana, as well as to serve the users that require it. Your staff is committed to providing all of our users with the best service and treatment, attending to each one with respect, kindness, professionalism, equality and equity without any distinction, to be able to guide you on any of our services or information that you require. We give you the most cordial welcome!
The Ambassador
Norma Ang Sánchez has been a member of the Mexican Foreign Service for more than 25 years. She was appointed career Ambassador in February 2022. Throughout her career, she has served in different countries, with experiences in political and consular affairs.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) in Mexico City, she served as Director of Consular Protection for the United States at the Directorate General for Protection of Mexicans Abroad. Earlier in her career, she worked at the Directorate General for Europe.
Overseas, Norma served as Acting Consul General in the General Consulate of Mexico in Barcelona; as Political Attache in the Office of Migration Issues at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington; as Deputy Chief of Mission in the Mexican Embassy in Poland, and as head of the Political Section in the Mexican Embassy in The Netherlands.
In 2016, Norma was appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an exchange officer with the U.S. State Department/Bureau of Consular Affairs, in an effort to exchange best practices and learn lessons on common consular assistance challenges.
She has a BA in International Relations from Universidad de las Américas in Puebla, and a MA in International Services from American University. She also has a Diploma on Hemispheric Security and Defense, from the Inter-American Defense College in Washington, DC.
She is ambassador of Mexico to Ghana, with concurrency in Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia, since March 2024.
History of the Embassy
On August 8, 1961, Mexico established diplomatic relations with Ghana, after recognizing the independence of the sub-Saharan Nation, achieved in 1957. Within a few years, both countries established embassies in each other's capitals, allowing the promotion of political and friendship ties both bilaterally and multilaterally. It was the first diplomatic representation of Mexico in Africa and the first in Ghana within Latin America.
Few years after its opening, Ghana closed its diplomatic mission in Mexico (1972), while Mexico kept it open until 1980. From then the bilateral relations were carried out concurrently, first through the Embassy of Mexico in Morocco and, from 2009 through the Mexican diplomatic headquarters in Nigeria.
In 2013, the Mexican Embassy in Nigeria announced to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana the decision of the Mexican government to reopen its diplomatic headquarters in Accra. Once the consent was obtained, the then Secretary of Foreign Affairs, José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, instructed its opening, within the framework of a headquarters shared with the countries of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia and Peru).
In 2014, César Dante López Arredondo was the first Chargé, d’Affairesm a.i., to start the opening process. On January 13, 2015, the Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs granted the blessing in favor of Ambassador Maria de los Angeles Arriola Aguirre, who began her duties as head of the Representation on April 22, 2015.
Ghana, on its part, continues to carry out its diplomatic ties with Mexico, concurrently, through its Embassy in the United States.
Since the reopening of the Mexican diplomatic mission in Accra, bilateral relations have flowed significantly, registering six high-level political visits (3 from Mexico to Ghana and 3 from Ghana to Mexico), as well as 3 business missions , 14 business exploration visits, 1 Mexican investment in Ghana in the agricultural sector, 2 bilateral technical cooperation programs in energy and nixtamalization, in addition to multiple cultural activities that have allowed the image and presence of Mexico in Ghana.
Contact
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Ambassador Norma Ang Sánchez |
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Deputy Head of Mission Fernando Alvarado Valenzuela |
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Consul & Cultural Affairs Lorena González Casillas |
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Administration Karina García Zamorategui |
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