Irene Naa Torshie Addo


Irene Naa Torshie Addo is a Ghanaian 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 Osu, Accra, on 30 September 1970.

Education

She is a lawyer by profession and earned an LLM from the University of Warwick in 1999.
Irene Naa Torshie Addo read law in the University of Ghana – Legon. She was called to the Ghana Bar in 1996.

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.
She was appointed the Deputy Ambassador to the Embassy of Ghana in Washington DC. in September 2006
Irene was appointed as the Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

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.