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
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2017
Preceded byNew constituency
Majority4,545
PresidentJohn Kufour
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
John Mahama
Personal details
Born (1970-09-30) 30 September 1970
Accra, Ghana
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
ChildrenSimone Addo and Samantha Addo and Stanely Addo
Alma materUniversity of Warwick
ProfessionLawyer

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 and assumed office on 7 January 2009 to 6 January 2017 after losing the New Patriotic Party's primaries to Carlos Ahenkorah in 2015.[4][5][6]

Irene was appointed as the Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.[7]

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.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Members of Parliament | Parliament of Ghana". www.parliament.gh. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Addo, Naa Torshie Irene". ghanamps.com. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. "Irene Naa Torshie Addo , Hon". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. "Ghana Election Results". Ghana Elections 2012 - Peace FM. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. Tornyi, Emmanuel. "NPP primaries: Irene Naa Torshie-Addo defeated, Carlos Ahenkorah wins". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. "Naa Torshie-Addo Falls In Tema West NPP Primaries". ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. "President appoints Naa Torshie as DACF administrator". Graphic Online. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. "Irene Naa Torshie Addo, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.


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