Irene Naa Torshie Addo
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Hon. Irene Naa Torshie Addo | |
|---|---|
| In office 7 January 2009 – 6 January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Constituency | Tema West |
| Majority | 4,545 |
| President | John Kufour |
| President | John Atta Mills John Mahama |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 September 1970 |
| Party | New Patriotic Party |
| Children | 3 |
| 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]
Irene Naa Torshie Addo was born in Osu, Accra, on 30 September 1970.
Education
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
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]
