Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey
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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
Early life
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey was born in
She holds an Executive MBA, (Project Management option), MA in Public Communication, Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB), a Diploma in Public Relations and Advertising as well as a certificate in Marketing Management.
Political life
In the last NPP administration under President John Agyekum Kufuor, she served as Deputy Minister for the Foreign Affairs, Information, as well as the Trade and Industry ministries. She is a fourth term legislator and represented the most populous constituency in the country, Weija, for two terms until it was demarcated. She is currently serving a second term, representing the people of Anyaa/Sowutuom.[9] She will not be running for re-election in the 2020 general and parliamentary elections.[10]
At the party level, she served as spokesperson on Foreign Affairs between the year 2009 and 2013.
During the same period, she was Ranking Member for the Parliamentary Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and subsequently, the Appointments, Defence and Interior Committees of Parliament.
A member of the
Currently she sits on the Communication as well as the Gender and Children Committees of Parliament where she works with colleague members to look into matters relating to communications generally as well as examine all gender and children focused issues to ensure their inclusion in all appropriate legislation. on the list presented to parliament for approval on 21 January 2021, by the president of Ghana
Career
Before entering into frontline politics, Shirley ran a Marketing and Communications Company where she was a consultant for the
As a practitioner of public administration, she worked with various organizations such as Worldspace Ghana, the Divestiture Implementation Committee, Glaxo Group Research and Hodge Recruitment.[7]
Shirley is currently the Chairperson of
Personal life
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is single mother of two.
See also
References
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- ^ "Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey pulls out of Anyaa-Sowutuom NPP primaries". The Independent Ghana. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
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- ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Botchwey, Shirley Ayorkor". Ghana MPs. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "Guinea coup: Alpha Condé still in shock – Ayorkor Botchwey". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ "I am a grandmother and single - Shirley Ayorkor-Botchwey". ghanaweb. 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ^ "Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey – Foreign Affairs - Government of Ghana". Government of Ghana. Retrieved 2019-05-13.