Irene Naa Torshie Addo (born 30 September 1970) is a

Ghanaian The Ghanaian people are a nation originating in the Gold Coast (region), Ghanaian Gold Coast. Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 34 million people as of ...

politician and lawyer, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and a Member of Parliament for Tema West Constituency.

Early life

Irene Naa Torshie Addo was born in

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, on 30 September 1970.

Education

She is a lawyer by profession and earned an LLM (Gender and Development Studies) from the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded in 1965 as part of ...

in 1999. Irene Naa Torshie Addo read law in the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It is the oldest public university in the country. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the British colony of the Gold Coast ...

– Legon. She was called to the Ghana Bar in 1996.

Career

As a member of the

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, she became Member of the

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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. She was appointed the Deputy Ambassador to the Embassy of Ghana in

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. in September 2006 Irene was appointed as the Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) by President

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( ; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the 13th president of Ghana from January 2017 to January 2025. He previously served as Attorney General from 2001 to 2003 and as Minister for Fore ...

Personal life

Divorced with two children, she is a Christian who is a

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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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Addo, Irene Naa Torshie 1970 births Living people New Patriotic Party politicians Ghanaian MPs 2005–2009 Ghanaian MPs 2009–2013 Government ministers of Ghana Women members of the Parliament of Ghana Women government ministers of Ghana 21st-century Ghanaian women politicians Alumni of the University of Warwick

Early life

Education

Career

Personal life

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