Daniel Ohene Agyekum (born 10 March 1942) is a Ghanaian diplomat and politician who is member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),[1] who served as the former Ambassador to the United States of America during the John Evans Atta Mills government between 2009 and 2013.

[2] Agyekum was born March 10, 1942, at Juaso in the Ashanti Region of Ghana (then Gold Coast), which was then a British colony.

He subsequently received his first diplomatic posting to Tel Aviv, Israel, after six years of joining the Foreign service.

[10] During his tenure in Ottawa as High Commissioner, Agyekum led Ghana's delegation in negotiations leading to the adoption of the Montreal Protocol on the substances that deplete the Ozone Layer, held in September 1987 in Canada.

[11][8][12]Agyekum was appointed in October 2009 by President John Evans Atta Mills to serve as Ghana's Ambassador to USA with co-accreditation in Mexico, the Virgin Islands, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

[13][14][15] He presented his letter of credentials to President Barack Obama at the White House on 24 February 2010,[16] two months after assuming office on 7 December 2009.

[17] He later presented his letter of credentials also to Mexican President Felipe Calderon at the Ceremonial Hall of the National Palace in Mexican City on 20 January 2011 even though he had already been working in that capacity since his appointment and arrival at the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C.[13][18] Whilst serving at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Agyekum was moved to serve as advisor to the PNDC under Rawlings, after serving in that role he was subsequently appointed as Eastern Regional Secretary equivalent to Regional Minister from 1983 to 1986 in Rawlings administration.

[34][35][36] In the run off to the 2016 elections, he was selected as a member of the NDC's 15-member national campaign team along with people like Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Kofi Adams, Dan Abodakpi, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Johnson Asiedu Nketia as chairman.

[41][2] Other notable people who also served on the team were James Agyenim Boateng, Elsie Esenam Appau-Klu, Priscilla Arhin, Sherry Ayitey and Nii Vandepuye Djangmah.