Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 January 2017
President
Nana Akufo-Addo
Preceded by
Hanna Tetteh
Member of the Ghana Parliament for Anyaa Sowotuom
In office 7 January 2013 – 7 January 2021
President
John Mahama Nana Akufo-Addo
Preceded by
New constituency
Majority
4,545
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
President
John Kufour
Personal details
Born
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey
(1963-02-08) 8 February 1963 (age 61) Accra, Ghana
Political party
New Patriotic Party
Children
Two
Education
St Mary's Senior High School
Alma mater
University of Ghana, Grays Inn, London
Profession
Journalist
Cabinet
Minister
Committees
Gender and Children Committee
Communications Committee
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (born 8 February 1963), is a Ghanaian politician who serves as Ghana's minister for foreign affairs and regional integration. She was appointed by Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 10 January 2017.[1][2] She was a Member of Parliament for Anyaa-Sowutuom from 2013 to 2021.[3] and had served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and a Minister of State at the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing[4] under John Kufuor.[5][6] She is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
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