Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, formerly known as Nana Oye Lithur, is a

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and a

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. She is a

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advocate. She is currently the Deputy Chief of Staff (Administration) at the Office of the President in Ghana.

Early life and education

She was educated at the

Ridge Church School The Ridge Church School is an independent and parochial co-educational preparatory day school in Accra, Ghana. Situated between the Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue and Guinea Bissau Road and opposite the Efua Sutherland Children's Park, it was found ...

and

Wesley Girls' Senior High School Wesley Girls' High School (WGHS) is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast in the Central region of Ghana. It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, the wife of a Methodist minister. The school is named after the founder of Methodi ...

. She received a Bachelor of Law from the University of Ghana, Legon, and a Masters in Law, Human Rights and Democratization in Africa from the

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Career

She has held the positions of executive director of the Human Rights Advocacy Centre as well as the Regional Coordinator (Africa Office) for the

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. She has served as a member of the steering committee of the International Consortium on Medical Abortion and an advisory member of the International Consortium on Realising Reproductive Rights. In 2022, the World Bank appointed her to its Advisory Council for the Partnership for Economic Inclusion, further affirming her global influence. She played a role in advocating for the adoption of the Maputo Protocol and the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa. As ECOWAS Chair of the Conference of West African Ministers of Gender and Social Development, she facilitated the adoption of gender-related policies.

Political Career

She was the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection in

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

from 2013 to 2017, appointed by

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John Mahama John Dramani Mahama (; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who has been the 14th president of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress (NDC), he served as the 12th p ...

after the Ghanaian general election. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress. She was appointed as the Secretary to the Manifesto drafting committee of the National Democratic Congress during the 2020 and 2024 elections. She was also appointed the Board Secretary and CEO of the Atta Mills Memorial Heritage in memory of the Late President John Evans Atta-Mills. She is currently the Deputy Chief of Staff (Administration) at the Office of the President under

John Dramani Mahama John Dramani Mahama (; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who has been the 14th president of Ghana since January 2025. A member of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress (NDC), he served as the 12th p ...

Awards and honours

* Recipient of the African Servant Leadership Award (2011) * Champion of Women's Rights Award (2012) * West African Women in Leadership Award for Distinguished Impact

Personal life

Nana Oye is divorced and she has 4 children.

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