Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey | |
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Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration | |
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 8 February 1963 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.