Ghanaian politician and lawyer
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]
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]
Irene Naa Torshie Addo read law in the University of Ghana – Legon. She was called to the Ghana Bar in 1996.[4]
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.[5][6][7]
She was appointed the Deputy Ambassador to the Embassy of Ghana in Washington DC. in September 2006[8]
Irene was appointed as the Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.[9]
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.[10]
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