Irene Naa Torshie Addo
Hon. Irene Naa Torshie Addo | |
|---|---|
| In office 7 January 2009 – 6 January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Majority | 4,545 |
| President | John Kufour |
| President | John Atta Mills John Mahama |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1970 Accra, Ghana |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
| Children | Simone Addo and Samantha Addo and Stanely Addo |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Irene Naa Torshie Addo (born 30 September 1970) is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and a Member of Parliament for Tema West Constituency.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Irene Naa Torshie Addo was born in Osu, Accra, on 30 September 1970.
Education
[edit]She is a lawyer by profession and earned an LLM (Gender and Development Studies) from the University of Warwick in 1999.[3]
Irene Naa Torshie Addo read law in the University of Ghana – Legon. She was called to the Ghana Bar in 1996.[4]
Career
[edit]As a member of the New Patriotic Party, she became Member of the Ghana Parliament for Tema West during the 2008 elections and assumed office on 7 January 2009 to 6 January 2017 after losing the New Patriotic Party's primaries to Carlos Ahenkorah in 2015.[5][6][7]
She was appointed the Deputy Ambassador to the Embassy of Ghana in Washington DC. in September 2006[8]
Irene was appointed as the Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Divorced with two children, she is a Christian who is a Baptist by denomination. She has two daughters in her first marriage: Samantha and Simone and a son named Stanely. The eldest Samantha Abigail Nana Adobea Addo. The second Simone Antonia Naa Adoley Addo and the youngest Stanely Walter Kwamena Adom Addo.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Members of Parliament | Parliament of Ghana". parliament of ghana. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Addo, Naa Torshie Irene". GhanaMps. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Irene Naa Torshie Addo , Hon". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Ms. Irene Naa Torshie Addo, Ghana – The Parliamentary Network". Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "Ghana Election Results". Ghana Elections 2012 - Peace FM. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ Tornyi, Emmanuel. "NPP primaries: Irene Naa Torshie-Addo defeated, Carlos Ahenkorah wins". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Naa Torshie-Addo Falls In Tema West NPP Primaries". ModernGhana. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Irene Naa Torshie Addo, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "President appoints Naa Torshie as DACF administrator". Graphic Online. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Irene Naa Torshie Addo, Biography". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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