Hanna Tetteh
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Hon. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh |
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| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Awutu Senya West |
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Assumed office 7 January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Majority | 4,545 |
| 28th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana) | |
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In office 30 January 2013 – 7 January 2017 |
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| President | John Dramani Mahama |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Mumuni |
| Succeeded by | Shirley Ayorkor Botchway |
| Minister for Trade and Industry | |
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In office January 2009 – January 2013 |
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| President |
John Atta Mills John Mahama |
| Preceded by | Papa Owusu Ankomah |
| Succeeded by | Haruna Iddrisu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 May 1967 Szeged, Hungary |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Ghana |
| Profession | Barrister |
Hanna Serwaa Tetteh (born 31 May 1967) is a Ghanaian barrister and politician. She served in the cabinet of Ghana as Minister for Trade and Industry from 2009 to 2013 and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2017. She was also the Member of Parliament for the Awutu-Senya West constituency.
Hanna Tetteh was born in Szeged, Hungary to a Ghanaian father and Hungarian mother. Her secondary education was at the Wesley Girls High School at Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana from 1978 to 1985. Between 1986 and 1989, she studied law at the University of Ghana where she obtained the Bachelor of Law (LL.B) degree. She then attended the Ghana Law School, becoming a Barrister-at-Law in 1992.
Hanna Tetteh did her National Service as a Legal Officer with the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) from 1992 to 1993. After completing her National Service she worked in Private legal practice with the Law firm Ansa-Asare and Company, of Hencil Chambers in Accra, Ghana. After two years of private legal practice she joined the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice as a Legal Officer, but later that same year, she joined the Ghana Agro Food Company (GAFCO) as a Legal Adviser. GAFCO was a food processing company that produced wheat flour, poultry and animal feed, fishmeall and canned tuna. The company also marketed other food and veterinary products and was located in the Tema Harbour Area in Tema she held other management positions in the company namely Human Resources and Legal Services Manager and thereafter Deputy General Manager (Finance and Administration Manager until she went into politics in 2000. After serving a term in Parliament she did not immediately contest for re-election and re-joined GAFCO as General Manager (Corporate, Administration and Legal) where she worked until December 2008.
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