Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey

**Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey** (an haife ta a ranar 8 ga watan Fabrairu 1963) 'yar siyasa ce ta ƙasar Ghana, jami'ar diflomasiyya kuma lauya wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatare-janar na bakwai na ƙungiyar gamayya ta ƙasashen duniya tun daga ranar 1 ga watan Afrilu 2025.   A lokacin naɗinta, ita ce Ministar Harkokin Waje da Haɗin Kan Yankuna ta Ghana. Shugaban ƙasar Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo ya naɗa ta ministar harkokin waje a ranar 10 ga watan Janairu 2017.   A da, ta kasance 'yar majalisar dokoki ta Anyaa-Sowtuom daga shekarun 2013 zuwa 2021  kuma ta taɓa zama Mataimakiyar Ministar Harkokin Waje da Ministar Jiha a Ma'aikatar Albarkatun Ruwa, Ayyuka da Gidaje  a ƙarƙashin John Kufuor.   Ita memba ce a Jam'iyyar New Patriotic Party.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haife ta a Accra, Ghana, kuma ta yi karatun sakandare a Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata ta St. Mary da ke Korle Gonno. Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Jami'ar Ghana, Cibiyar Jarida ta Ghana (GIJ), Cibiyar Gudanarwa da Gudanar da Jama'a ta Ghana (GIMPA), Kwalejin Pitman's Central, Jami'ar London da Jami'ar Westminster. 

Tana da digirin MBA na musamman (zaɓin Gudanar da Ayyuka), MA a Sadarwar Jama'a, Digiri na farko a Shari'a (LLB), Difloma a Hulɗa da Jama'a da Talla da kuma takardar shaidar Gudanar da Talla.

## Aikin siyasa
A gwamnatin John Agyekum Kufuor wacce ta yi mulki tsakanin shekarun 2001 da 2009, Botchwey ta yi aiki a fannoni daban-daban ciki har da mataimakiyar ministar harkokin waje, mataimakiyar ministan bayanai da kuma mataimakiyar ministan ciniki da masana'antu. Ta kasance 'yar majalisa na tsawon wa'adi huɗu, da farko ta wakilci mazaɓar da ta fi yawan jama'a a Ghana, Weija, sannan daga baya, Anyaa/Sowtuom wanda aka cire daga Weija kafin zaɓen shekara ta 2012.  Botchwey ta zaɓi kin tsayawa takara a karo na biyar a Majalisar Dokoki a zaɓen shekarar 2020. 

A matakin jam'iyya, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai magana da yawun harkokin waje tsakanin shekarar 2009 da 2013.

A wannan lokacin, ta kasance memba mai matsayi a Kwamitin Zaɓen 'Yan Majalisa kan Harkokin Waje, sannan daga baya ta zama Kwamitocin Naɗi, Tsaro da na Cikin Gida na Majalisar.

Ta kasance memba a Majalisar ECOWAS daga shekarun 2013 zuwa 2017, ta yi aiki tare da abokan aikinta don taimakawa Majalisar Al'umma a cikin rawar da take takawa wajen la'akari da batutuwan da suka shafi yankin musamman kan batutuwan da suka shafi 'yancin ɗan adam da 'yanci na asali, yayin da take ba da shawarwari ga cibiyoyi da hukumomin ECOWAS. Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakiyar Shugaba a Kwamitin NEPAD & APRM.

Kafin ta janye aikinta na shekaru goma sha shida a matsayin 'yar majalisa, Shirley ta kasance memba a Kwamitin Sadarwa da kuma Kwamitin Jinsi da Yara na Majalisar inda ta yi aiki tare da abokan aikinta don duba batutuwan da suka shafi sadarwa da kuma duba dukkan batutuwan da suka shafi jinsi da yara don tabbatar da cewa an haɗa su cikin duk dokokin da suka dace. A ranar 21 ga watan Janairu 2021, shugaban Ghana, Nana Akuffo-Addo, ya zaɓe ta a matsayin ministar harkokin waje da haɗin kan yankuna. 

A ranar 26 ga watan Oktoba, 2024, an zaɓi Botchwey a matsayin Sakatare Janar na Ƙungiyar Ƙasashen Duniya ta Commonwealth a taron Shugabannin Gwamnatin Commonwealth na 2024 a Samoa.   Wa'adin aikinta ya fara ne a ranar 1 ga watan Afrilu, 2025. Ita ce 'yar Ghana ta farko da ta riƙe wannan matsayi. 

## Kasuwanci da aikin shari'a
Kafin ta shiga harkokin siyasa a gaba, Botchwey ta gudanar da wani kamfanin tallatawa da sadarwa inda ta kasance mai ba da shawara ga Ma'aikatar Yawon Buɗe Ido. Ita ce kuma babbar darakta ta Dynacom Limited. 

A matsayinta na mai gudanar da harkokin gwamnati, ta yi aiki da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban kamar Worldspace Ghana, Kwamitin Aiwatar da Zuba Jari, Binciken Glaxo Group da kuma Hodge Recruitment. 

Ta zama lauya a watan Oktoban 2023 lokacin da aka kira ta zuwa lauya a matsayin lauya kuma lauya a Ghana. 

Botchwey ta kasance Shugabar Majalisar Ministocin ECOWAS kuma Ministar Harkokin Waje da Haɗin Kan Yankuna na Ghana.  Ita ce Sakatare Janar na 7 na Commonwealth, mace ta farko daga nahiyar Afirka da ta taka rawar.   

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey uwa ce mai 'ya'ya biyu tilo.   Ita 'yar Anglican ce.

## Duba kuma

* Jerin ministocin harkokin waje a shekarar 2017
* Jerin ministocin harkokin waje na yanzu

## Manazarta