Irene Naa Torshie Addo Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Irene Naa Torshie Addo
Constituency Former Mp:Tema West
Parliament:Ghana
Majority:4,545
Term Start:7 January 2009
Term End:6 January 2017
Predecessor:New constituency
Prior Term:MP for Awutu-Senya
President2:John Kufour
President3:John Atta Mills
John Mahama
Birth Date:30 September 1970
Birth Place:Accra, Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
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

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]

Personal life

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members of Parliament Parliament of Ghana . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161116204333/http://www.parliament.gh/parliamentarians/46 . 16 November 2016 . 2016-09-05 . parliament of ghana.
  2. Web site: Ghana MPs - MP Details - Addo, Naa Torshie Irene . 2017-02-25 . GhanaMps..
  3. Web site: Irene Naa Torshie Addo, Hon. . 2016-09-05 . GhanaWeb..
  4. Web site: Ms. Irene Naa Torshie Addo, Ghana – The Parliamentary Network . 2024-03-11 . en-GB.
  5. Web site: Ghana Election Results . 2017-02-26 . Ghana Elections 2012 - Peace FM . 27 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062811/http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2008/constituency/135/ . dead .
  6. News: NPP primaries: Irene Naa Torshie-Addo defeated, Carlos Ahenkorah wins. Tornyi. Emmanuel. 2017-02-25. en-US.
  7. News: Naa Torshie-Addo Falls In Tema West NPP Primaries . en-GB . ModernGhana. . 2017-02-25.
  8. Web site: Irene Naa Torshie Addo, Biography . 2024-03-11 . www.ghanaweb.com.
  9. Web site: President appoints Naa Torshie as DACF administrator . 2022-08-27 . Graphic Online . en-gb.
  10. Web site: Irene Naa Torshie Addo, Biography . 2022-08-27 . GhanaWeb..