Joseph Yieleh Chireh

Joseph Yieleh Chireh (born 8 July 1954) is a Ghanaian pharmacist, barrister, diplomat and politician. He is the Member for Parliament for Wa West. He is also a Member of the Pan-African Parliament.[2]

Honourable

Joseph Yieleh Chireh

MP
Member of Parliament of Ghana
for Wa West
Assumed office
Jan 2005
Preceded by(New Constituency)
Majority16,368 (57.71%) [1]
Member of the Pan-African Parliament
Assumed office
8 May 2017
Minister for Health
In office
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byBenjamin Kunbuor
Succeeded byAlban Bagbin
Minister for Local Government and Rural Development
In office
Feb 2009 – Jan 2011
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byKwadjo Adjei-Darko
Succeeded bySamuel Ofosu-Ampofo
Minister for the Upper West Region
In office
Feb 1993 – Jan 1997
PresidentJerry Rawlings
Preceded byYelibora Antumini
Succeeded byAmidu Sulemana
Ambassador to Algeria
In office
1997–2001
PresidentJerry Rawlings
Personal details
Born (1954-07-08) July 8, 1954
Lassia Tuolu, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Children4
Alma materKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
ProfessionPharmacist, Barrister

Education

Chireh was born in Lassia Tuolu in the Upper West Region of Ghana. He studied at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology from 1975 and obtained the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree in 1979. He proceeded to the Ghana School of Law in 2001 and qualified as a barrister in 2006.[3]

Politics and diplomatic service

Chireh joined the National Democratic Congress when it was formed in 1992 on the resumption of party politics in Ghana. He was appointed by Jerry Rawlings as Upper West Regional Minister in his government in 1993. He was subsequently made the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Algeria with concurrent accreditation to Tunisia, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Mauritania between 1997 and 2001.[3] He contested the newly created Wa West constituency seat in the Ghanaian parliamentary election in December 2004, which he won leading to his taking his seat in the Fourth parliament of the Fourth Republic.[4] He retained his seat in the 2008[5] and 2012[6] parliamentary elections.

In February 2009, he was appointed Minister for Local Government and Rural Development by the new President of Ghana, John Atta Mills.[7]

On 4 January 2011, he was appointed Minister of Health by the President, John Evans Atta Mills in a cabinet reshuffle.[8]

Personal

Chireh is a Christian and is married with 4 children.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Elections 2012". PeaceFMonline. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. "Ghana's representatives at the Pan-African Parliament". Parliament Africa. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. "Hon. Chireh Joseph Yieleh". Parliament of Ghana. 2009-06-18. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  4. "Elections 2004:Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Ghana and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. November 2005. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  5. "Parliamentary Results Wa West (Upper West)". Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  6. "Elections 2012". PeaceFMonline. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  7. "First batch of Ministers Sworn In". Ghana Home Page. 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  8. "Cabinet reshuffle: Zita dropped, Betty for education". Ghana Home Page. 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  9. "Hon. Joseph Yieleh Chireh (NDC) (Wa West)". GhanaDistricts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
?		 Ambassador to Algeria
1997–2001		 Succeeded by
Kwabena Sekyi
Parliament of Ghana
Preceded by
 Wa West
2005–present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Yelibora Antumini		 Minister for the Upper West Region
1993–1997		 Succeeded by
Amidu Sulemana
Preceded by
Kwadjo Adjei-Darko		 Minister for Local Government and Rural Development
2009–2011		 Succeeded by
Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo
Preceded by
Benjamin Kunbuor		 Minister for Health
2011–2012		 Succeeded by
Alban Bagbin
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.