Tina Gifty Naa Ayele Mensah | |
Birth Date: | 1964 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Accra |
Known For: | New Patriotic Party |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Education: | Bachelor's degree in Public Administration and masters in international Relations and Diplomacy |
Alma Mater: | Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration |
Occupation: | Politician |
Tina Gifty Naa Ayele Mensah (born 23 January 1964) is a Ghanaian politician and the member of parliament for Weija-Gbawe constituency. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party and was appointed into office as deputy Health Minister by Nana Addo on 15 March 2017.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Mensah was born on 23 January 1964 in Jamestown, British Accra of the Greater Accra Region. She had her secondary education at Accra Girls School. She holds a bachelor's degree in Public Administration and Masters in international relations and Diplomacy from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.[5] [6]
Tina Gifty Mensah is a member of New Patriotic Party and a member of parliament for Weija-Gbawe constituency in the Greater Accra Region in the Seventh and Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[7]
Mensah secured 34,216 votes out of the 59,926 valid votes cast in the 2016 Ghanaian general election. She defeated Obuobia Darko-Opoku and Jessica Adwoa Mannuell.[8] [9]
Mensah again contested the Weija- Gbawe (Ghana parliament constituency)
In the parliamentary primaries of 2024 for the NPP, she was defeated in her attempt to represent the party by Jerry Ahmed Shab. Shab secured 783 votes to Gifty Mensah's 361 votes, out of the total valid votes cast.[13]
She was the managing director of Gemens Company LTD. in Mamprobi, Accra.[8]
On 4 August 2017, she was awarded by the Ghana-Nigeria Youth Organization for outstanding leadership. In 2017 she was adjudged best Deputy Minister by FAKS Investigative Services.[14]
Tina is married with three children. She identifies as a Christian.