Lieutenant General Joseph Henry Smith (9 January 1945 – 19 December 2023) was the Ambassador of Ghana to the United States from 2014 to 2017.

While in this position, he was appointed Special Task Force Commander to restore law and order in Northern Ghana between January and September 1994 during the Konkomba and Nanumba conflict.

[5] In 1996, Smith served as the Company Commander of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) in Egypt.

[8] After leaving the army, Smith worked as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Insurance Commission before going into politics in 2009.

He had a cousin, Emmanuel Victor Smith who used to be spokesperson for former President Jerry Rawlings and also was one time Ghana Ambassador the United Kingdom.