| Hanna Louisa Bisiw | |
| Image Name: | Hanna Bisiw and Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden (cropped).jpg |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Tano South Constituency |
| Term Start: | 2013 |
| Term End: | 2017 |
| Birth Date: | 23 July 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Techimantia, Brong Ahafo |
| Nationality: | Ghanaian |
| Party: | National Democratic Congress |
| Spouse: | N/A |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | Kumasi Girls Senior High School |
| Profession: | Veterinary Doctor |
| Term Start2: | 2013 |
| Term Start3: | 2009 |
| Term End2: | 2017 |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture |
| Office3: | Deputy Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing |
| Term End3: | 2013 |
| President2: | John Dramani Mahama |
| President3: | John Atta Mills |
Hanna Louisa Bissiw (born 23 July 1972) Is a Ghanaian politician who is a former Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture and also a former Member of Parliament for Tano South, Brong Ahafo Region Ghana.[1] [2]
She is a member and the National Women's Organizer of the National Democratic Congress in Ghana.[3] [4]
Dr.Hanna Louisa Bisiw was born in Techimantia in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. She received her senior high-school education at Kumasi Girls Secondary School, and later acquired a scholarship to study in Cuba, where she graduated as a Veterinary Doctor (1999).[5]
Upon returning to Ghana, Bissiw worked with Veterinary Hospitals and also collaborated projects between Ghana and Cuba.[1] In 2008 she became active in politics. She rose from being a member of the NDC Manifesto Committee (2008) to become the Deputy Minister of State (Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing (MWRWH) (2009), Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture and also Member of Parliament for Tano South (2012 – 2017).[6] [7]
Hanna Bissiw has come under public criticism in the past years over allegations of living a lavish lifestyle at the expense of state resources.[8]
In 2010 the Daily Searchlight reported an undercover investigation suggesting that she was the owner of a multi-bedroom double mansion being put up at Techimantia, her hometown in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana.[9]
In 2014 Daily Guide published details of her birthday celebration where she was given a new Toyota Land Cruiser Prado worth $120,000. The paper describing the occasion as a "mega party". She responded that the car was a birthday present from her wealthy husband.[10]
Hanna Bissiw lost her parliamentary seat of the Tano South Constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in the 2016 parliamentary elections. It was alleged by some of her constituents that after losing her seat she made efforts to retrieve hospital supplies she had earlier donated to a hospital in her constituency. She denied the allegation citing that her intention was misconstrued by the report.[11]
Hanna Bissiw has two children.[12]