Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck

Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck (* 1914; † 1972) war ein ghanaischer Diplomat und Politiker.

Werdegang

Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck arbeitete zunächst als Lehrer und war Sekretär der Gold-Coast-Lehrergewerkschaft. Er gründete das Zentralkomitee der Convention People’s Party in Ghana mit und war langjähriger Generalsekretär der Partei. 1954 wurde er Minister of Works and Housing (öffentliche Arbeiten und Wohnungsbau). Bei einer Kabinettsumbildung 1958 wurde er zum Minister of the state of defense (für den Verteidigungszustand), während Kwame Nkrumah Verteidigungsminister blieb. Im Mai 1959 ernannte Nkrumah Welbeck zum resident minister in Conakry, Guinea im Rahmen der Union afrikanischer Staaten.

Im November 1960 war Welbeck kurzzeitig Botschafter in Léopoldville. Während seiner Tätigkeit dort wurde er von Mobutu Sese Seko zur Persona non grata erklärt. Welbeck starb 1972 nach langer Krankheit.

Einzelnachweise

↑ Willard Scott Thompson, Ghana’s Foreign Policy, 1957–1966: Diplomacy Ideology, and the New State, S. 71
↑ Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck 72. Mr. Welbeck started as a teacher. He entered Parliament in 1954 and was a Minister throughout the old regime, even though there were times when he had no Ministerial responsibilities but nonetheless drew his salary for doing nothing. 1972 Mr. Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck, Minister of Information in Dr. Nkrumah’s government, has died after a long illness. Aged 57. Mr. Welbeck was once resident Minister in Guinea, where Dr. Nkrumah has been living since his overthrow in 1966, West Africa, Afrimedia International, 1972, S. 334.

Vorgänger	Amt	Nachfolger
	ghanaischer Resident minister in Conakry, (Guinea Union afrikanischer Staaten) 1959	James Ernest Akrong Kotei
Andrew Djin	ghanaischer Botschafter in Leopoldville / Kinshasa (Demokratische Republik Kongo) November 1960 bis 22. November 1967	Richard Kweku Abusua-Yedom Quarshie

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[1] Willard Scott Thompson, Ghana’s Foreign Policy, 1957–1966: Diplomacy Ideology, and the New State, S. 71

[2] Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck 72. Mr. Welbeck started as a teacher. He entered Parliament in 1954 and was a Minister throughout the old regime, even though there were times when he had no Ministerial responsibilities but nonetheless drew his salary for doing nothing. 1972 Mr. Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck, Minister of Information in Dr. Nkrumah’s government, has died after a long illness. Aged 57. Mr. Welbeck was once resident Minister in Guinea, where Dr. Nkrumah has been living since his overthrow in 1966, West Africa, Afrimedia International, 1972, S. 334.