| Hon. Joseph Yieleh Chireh | |
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| Member of the Ghana Parliament for Wa West |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office Jan 2005 |
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| Preceded by | (New Constituency) |
| Majority | 4,927 |
| Minister for Health | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office Jan 2011 |
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| President | John Atta Mills |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Kunbuor |
| Local Government and Rural Development Minister | |
| In office Feb 2009 – Jan 2011 |
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| President | John Atta Mills |
| Preceded by | Kwadjo Adjei-Darko |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo |
| Upper West Regional Minister | |
| In office Feb 1993 – Jan 1997 |
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| President | Jerry Rawlings |
| Preceded by | Yelibora Antumini |
| Succeeded by | Amidu Sulemana |
| Ambassador to Algeria | |
| In office 1997–2001 |
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| President | Jerry Rawlings |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 8, 1954 Lassia Tuolu, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| Profession | Pharmacist, Barrister |
| Committees | Foreign Affairs Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Joseph Yieleh Chireh (born 8 July 1954) is a Ghanaian pharmacist, barrister, diplomat and politician. He is the Member for Parliament for the Wa West. He is also the Minister of Health.
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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.[1]
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 to Algeria with concurrent accreditation to Tunisia, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Mauritania between 1997 and 2001.[1] 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.[2] He retained his seat in the 2008 parliamentary election.[3]
In February 2009, he was appointed Minister for Local Government and Rural Development by the new President of Ghana, John Atta Mills.[4]
On 4 January 2011, he was appointed Minister of Health by the President, John Evans Atta Mills in a cabinet reshuffle.[5]
Chireh is a Christian and is married with 4 children.[6]
| Diplomatic posts | ||
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| 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 |
Upper West Regional Minister 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 of Health 2011 – present |
Incumbent |