Irene Naa Torshie Addo
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]
Hon. Irene Naa Torshie Addo | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Tema West | |
In office 7 January 2009 – 6 January 2017 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Majority | 4,545 |
President | John Kufour |
President | John Atta Mills John Mahama |
Personal details | |
Born | Accra, Ghana | 30 September 1970
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Children | Simone Addo and Samantha Addo and Stanely Addo |
Alma mater | University of Warwick |
Profession | Lawyer |
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]
Career
As a member of the New Patriotic Party, she became Member of the Ghana Parliament for Tema West during the 2008 elections[4] 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]
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 an adopted son Stanely. The eldest Samantha Abigail Nana Adobea Addo. The second Simone Antonia Naa Adoley Addo and the youngest Stanely Walter Kwamena Adom Addo.
See also
- MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008
- New Patriotic Party
References
- "Members of Parliament | Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Addo, Naa Torshie Irene". ghanamps.com. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- "Irene Naa Torshie Addo , Hon". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- "Ghana Election Results". Ghana Elections 2012 - Peace FM. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- Tornyi, Emmanuel. "NPP primaries: Irene Naa Torshie-Addo defeated, Carlos Ahenkorah wins". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- "Naa Torshie-Addo Falls In Tema West NPP Primaries". ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 25 February 2017.