Lebrecht Wilhelm Fifi Hesse
Lebrecht Wilhelm Fifi Hesse | |
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4th and 7th Jerry John Rawlings | |
Preceded by | Kwame Karikari |
Succeeded by | George Aryee |
Personal details | |
Born | Lebrecht Wilhelm Fifi Hesse 16 November 1934 Rhodes Scholar |
Lebrecht Wilhelm Fifi Hesse (16 November 1934 – 18 October 2000) was a
Early life and education
A member of the notable
Career
On his return to Ghana, he was asked by
Personal life
Hesse's hobbies were swimming and reading. He was also a theatre fan and loved to read books he had seen filmed earlier in theatres.[6]
He married Charity Caeser, a fashion designer, in 1963 and together they had two daughters, a physician and a lawyer, as well as a son, a commercial pilot.[2] L. W. Fifi Hesse's brother, Christian Hesse, served as Ghana's ambassador to the Soviet Union and subsequently to Russia in the 1980s and 1990s while his sister, Virginia Hesse was appointed the Ghanaian ambassador to the Czech Republic in 2017, serving in that position until 2021.[25][26][27]
Death and funeral
He died of cancer on 18 October 2000.[2] Hesse's funeral service was held at the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu, where he was the Senior Presbyter, after which his remains were buried at the Basel Mission Cemetery in Osu, Accra.[4][5]
References
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- ^ a b Burial memorial and thanksgiving service for the late Mr. L.W. Fifi Hesse, aged 65, member, Public Services Commission, at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu, on Saturday, 18th November, 2000, at 10.00 A.M. : burial at Basel Mission Cemetery, Osu. Osu, Ghana: Legendesignhouse. 2000.
- ^ a b Burial Memorial and Thanksgiving Service for the Late Mr. L.W. Fifi Hesse, Aged 65, Member, Public Services Commission, at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu, on Saturday, 18th November, 2000, at 10.00 A.M.: Burial at Basel Mission Cemetery, Osu. Legendesignhouse. 2000.
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- ^ "Sr. Du Bois 'Encyclopaedia Africana' May Be Published". Jet. USA: Johnson Publishing Company. 7 January 1971. p. 31. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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- ISBN 9780850925524.
- ^ "The Diplomatic Breakfast – Meeting with Her Excellency Virginia Hesse, Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana in Prague : Czech – Ghanaian Chamber of Commerce (CGCC)". Ghana trade Czech. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Staff – Ghana Embassy Prague". Ghana embassy Czech. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ R.I.P. Ghana (16 October 2020). "The late Lebrecht Wilhelm Fiifi Hesse (1934 - 2000)". R.I.P Ghana. Retrieved 25 January 2021.