Preceded by First President John Dramani Mahama Education University of Ghana Succeeded by Edward Omane Boamah Role Member of Parliament | Preceded by Ben Aggrey Ntim Name Haruna Iddrisu President John Atta Mills Preceded by Hanna Tetteh | |
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Party National Democratic Congress | ||
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Haruna Iddrisu (born 8 September 1970) is the Member of Parliament for Tamale South and the former Minister for Employment and Labour Relations in Ghana.
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- Hot issues with hon haruna iddrisu 12 4 2014
- Special simpa dance for hon haruna iddrisu
- Early life and education
- Politics
- References
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Early life and education
Haruna Iddrisu was born in 1970 at Tamale, Ghana. Iddrisu studied at the University of Ghana between 1993 and 1997 where he obtained the B.A. (Hons) in Sociology. He was active in student politics and was the President of the National Union of Ghana Students during his final year. Iddrisu is also a barrister and has been a member of the Ghana Bar Association since 2002.
Politics
He is the Minority Leader of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic in Ghana. Iddrisu has been the National Youth Organiser for the National Democratic Congress since 2002. He stood for parliament in the 2004 parliamentary election in the newly formed Tamale South constituency. He retained his seat in the 2008 parliamentary election. He has held various positions in government, including Minister for Communications under the Mills and Mahama governments as well as Minister for Trade between 2013 and 2014. He was appointed the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations by President Mahama in July 2014.
