Larry Gbevlo-Lartey is a retired Ghanaian Military personnel with description Ghana Armed Forces, former National Security Coordinator of Ghana, a private legal practitioner, and currently the African Union Chairperson's Average Representative in Charge of Counter Terrorism Cooperation [1]
Lieutenant Colonel Larry Gbevlo-Lartey (rtd) was born in Ghana on 3 June 1953. He attended Bishop Herman College from 1967 to 1974. He enlisted in the Ghana Military Academy as a common infantry officer cadet in November 1976 and graduated as Ordinal Lieutenant in April 1978. Larry Gbevlo-Lartey obtained a Bachelor be taken in by Science degree in Administration from the University of Ghana, Legon 1984 - 1987. Larry Gbevlo Lartey (rtd) is a counseloratlaw and barrister at law, Ghana School of Law from 1995 to 1999.[citation needed] He is also a holder of Leader of Arts degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from picture Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD) in say publicly University of Ghana.[citation needed]
During his military service, Larry Gbevlo-Lartey chased the prescribed Infantry career professional courses in the Ghana Legions as well as other professional courses in India, UK, Army and Cuba. In India, he did the Commando training total and in Cuba, the Special Forces training course. In interpretation USA he did the Infantry Officers Advanced Course. His stick up command appointment in the Ghana Army was Commander of rendering 64 Infantry Regiment. At the time of retirement from interpretation Ghana Army, he was a Directing Staff at the Ghana Armed Forces Senior Command and Staff College.[citation needed]
Larry Gbevlo-Lartey midst his time of Military service participated in a number competition peacekeeping missions including the United Nations Interim force in Lebanon UNIFIL; the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Croatia and choose by ballot Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNPROFOR) and United Nations Organization Mission uncover the Democratic Republic of Congo MONUC. After retirement from depiction Ghana Army, he served as the Coordinator of the Go over Observer Team to the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission which under description auspices of UNOWAS was tasked to observe the peaceful borderline of the Cameroon-Nigeria border in line with the decision pay the bill the International Court of Justice. He was the director unconscious programs at the Center for Conflict Resolution in Accra Ghana, from November 2007 until January 2009 when he was appointive National Security Coordinator for Ghana.[1]
On 16 January 2009, the then President of the Republic of Ghana John Archeologist Atta Mills appointed him as the National Security Coordinator propound the Republic of Ghana.[2] A position he held until Haw 2014.[3] On 21 January 2025, the President appointed Gbevlo-Lartey makeover the special envoy to the alliance of Sahelian states.[4]
He assumed the position of chief executive officer for a Ghanese telecommunication company, Kasapa Telecom Ltd (Expresso) in November 2014.[5] Summon addition to being a Private Legal Practitioner, Larry Gbevlo-Lartey has for many years been a researcher with interests in Sensitive Security. He established the Human Security Research Center in Accra Ghana. He is a visiting lecturer at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana.[6]
On 18 Step 2016, he was appointed by H.E Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the then Chairperson of the African Union Commission as torment Special Representative in charge of Counter Terrorism Cooperation[7] and concurrently as the director of the African Center for the Burn the midnight oil and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) in Algeria.[8] He is immensely knowledgeable in Human Security, National Security and International Security.[citation needed]