Adisa Munkaila
Ghanaian politician
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Adisa Munkaila is a Ghanaian politician.
Adisa Munkaila | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Council of State of Ghana | |
| In office March 2001 – 6 January 2005 | |
| President | John Kufuor |
| Minister for Labour and Social Welfare | |
| In office 14 November 1980 – 31 December 1981 | |
| President | Hilla Limann |
| Vice President | Joseph W.S. de Graft-Johnson |
| Preceded by | Frank Q. Amega |
| Succeeded by | Ato Austin |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Convention People's Party |
Other political affiliations | People's National Party |
| Relatives | Alhassan Wayo Seini |
| Achimota School | |
Early life and education
Adisa Munkaila had her secondary education at the Achimota School in the northern suburbs of Accra.[1]
Politics
Munkaila was a Deputy Minister in the People's National Party government under President Hilla Limann during the third republic.[2] She was later promoted after a cabinet reshuffle on 14 November 1980 to Minister for Labour and Social Welfare by President Limann.[3] She was the first woman to lead this ministry in Ghana.[4]
Munkaila was a member of the Convention People's Party during the fourth republic. Prior to the 2008 Ghanaian general election, she was on the party's vetting committee for its presidential candidates.[5]
Munkaila was one of eleven people appointed as a member of the Council of State of Ghana in 2001 by John Kufuor, President of Ghana.[2][6] She served between March 2001 and January 2005.[7]