Joyce Bamford-Addo
Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo (born March 26, 1937 in Accra / Ghana ) is speaker of the Ghanaian parliament . Between 1991 and 2004 she was a judge at the Supreme Court in Ghana .
Life
Bamford-Addo first attended St. Mary's Boarding School in Cape Coast and later the OLA Boarding School, both schools with a denominational background ( Catholic ). For further education, she switched to the Holy Child School, also in Cape Coast.
She studied law in London and was admitted to the bar in 1961 . Between 1961 and 1962 the lawyer worked in England before she returned to Ghana and was admitted to the Ghanaian bar in 1962. Between 1963 and 1965 she was in the rank of a prosecutor (Engl. State Attorney), was in 1965 promoted to the position of a first prosecutor ( Senior State Attorney ) and was from 1970 to 1973 senior public prosecutor (Engl. Principal State Attorney). From 1973 to 1976 Bambord-Addo was the chief state attorney and then moved to the post of general attorney as head of the public prosecutor's office , which she held until 1986.
She was the second deputy spokeswoman at the 1991 consultative assembly for the drafting of a new constitution . Between 1991 and 2004 she served as a judge at the Supreme Court of Ghana (Engl. Supreme Court Judge active). In 2004 she voluntarily retired.
After the parliamentary elections in 2008, she was elected spokeswoman for the fifth Ghanaian parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana on January 7, 2009 . She is the first woman to hold this office.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bamford-Addo, Joyce |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bamford-Addo, Joyce Adeline |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ghanaian politician, Speaker of Parliament in Ghana |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Accra |