Hon. Irene Naa Torshie Addo | |
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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 | Accra,Ghana | 30 September 1970
Political 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.
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]
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]
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]