21 Facts About Emmanuel Erskine

Emmanuel Alexander Erskine was a Ghanaian military officer and politician.

Emmanuel Erskine was a Chief of Army Staff of the Ghana Army.

Emmanuel Erskine was a commander of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

Emmanuel Erskine trained in various military institutions in the United Kingdom.

Emmanuel Erskine had telecommunications training at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in England, completing in 1960.

Emmanuel Erskine was at the Staff College, Camberley in 1968 and trained at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1968 and 1972.

Emmanuel Erskine served in various capacities with the Ghana Army.

Emmanuel Erskine was Commanding Officer of the Ghana Signals Regiment and later Director of Communications with the Ghana Ministry of Defence.

Emmanuel Erskine later became Director for Operations and Planning at the same Ministry from 1971 to 1972.

Emmanuel Erskine was the Chief of Army Staff briefly between January and February 1972.

Emmanuel Erskine again held the same position from February 1973 to April 1974.

Emmanuel Erskine served as the Chief of Staff and Deputy Force Commander of the Second United Nations Emergency Force from 1974 to 1976 in Egypt.

Emmanuel Erskine was then appointed the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Israel between January 1976 and April 1978.

Emmanuel Erskine subsequently became the first commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon between 1978 and 1981.

Emmanuel Erskine again occupied the position of Chief of Staff of UNTSO and was the United Nations Secretary General's Representative for Matters relating to UN Peacekeeping Operations in the Middle East from February 1981 to May 1986.

Emmanuel Erskine was one of the founding members of the People's Heritage Party.

Emmanuel Erskine was the party's presidential candidate during the 1992 Ghanaian presidential election.

Emmanuel Erskine was one of the nine members of the National Reconciliation Commission which were appointed by the President of Ghana, John Kufuor in consultation with the Council of State of Ghana.

Emmanuel Erskine was the Chairman of the Opportunities Industrialization Centre Ghana Accra Local Programme Committee.

Emmanuel Erskine had been a member of the Pugwash council since 1992 and was a participant at the 50th Pugwash conference which deliberated on "Eliminating the Causes of War".

Emmanuel Erskine served as the Chairman of the Ghana Action Network on Small Arms in 2002.