Haruna Iddrisu
Attorney and politician Haruna Iddrisu, who represents Tamale South in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, was born in Ghana on September 8, 1970. Additionally, he is the minority leader in Ghana’s parliament at the moment.
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Haruna Iddrisu
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Tamale South
Incumbent
Assumed office
Jan 2005
Preceded by
First
Minister for Employment and Labour Relations
In office
16 July 2014 – 6 January 2017
President
John Dramani Mahama
Preceded by
Nii Armah Ashitey (MP)
Minister for Trade and Industry
In office
Feb 2013 – 16 July 2014
President
John Dramani Mahama
Preceded by
Hanna Tetteh
Succeeded by
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah
Minister for Communications
In office
Feb 2009 – Feb 2013
President
John Evans Atta Mills
Preceded by
Ben Aggrey Ntim
Succeeded by
Edward Omane Boamah
Personal details
Born
8 September 1970 (age 50)
Tamale, Ghana
Nationality
Ghanaian
Political party
National Democratic Congress
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Ghana
Profession
Barrister
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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 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.
Political career
After being a student leader for years in his tertiary education period, Iddrisu transitioned into mainstream national politics and rose to become the National Youth Organizer for the National Democratic Congress in 2002. He held that position for 8 years even whilst Minister of Communications until stepping down in 2010 and not seeking reelection.
As Member of Parliament
He stood for parliament in the 2004 parliamentary election in the then newly formed Tamale South constituency. Iddrisu served as the Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Communications and also the Minority Spokesman on Communications in the fourth Parliament when the National Democratic Congress,his party was in opposition.
He retained his seat in the 2008 parliamentary election by gaining 78.2% of the total votes cast. He once again retained his seat in the 2012 parliamentary elections by getting 74.6% of the total votes cast.
Even though his party lost the Presidential Elections, Haruna retained his seat in the 2016 Elections and was selected to lead the minority as the Minority Leader of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic in Ghana.
Haruna Iddrisu in January 2020, donated of CHPS compound to the Duunyin community in the Northern region of Ghana to provide health care services to the indigents of the community.
As Minister of state
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.
Personal life
He is a Muslim and has 3 children and also from the northern region in Ghana.
