Haruna IddrisuHon Haruna Iddrisu, Member of Parliament for Tamale-South, was sworn in
as Minister of Communications of the Republic of Ghana in February 2009
after retaining his parliamentary seat in the December 2008 national
elections.
Before assuming the formal appointment as Minister, Hon Haruna
Iddrisu had been the Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Select
Committee on Communications and also, the Minority Spokesman on
Communications in the previous Parliament when his party was in
Opposition.
He has been involved in the preparations towards the World Summit on
the Information Society (WSIS) and participated in the Tunis Summit in
2005. He has been present at ITU, CTO and other International ICT
forums.
Hon Haruna Iddrisu holds a Bachelors Degree in Sociology and he is
also a Bararister-at-law. He has been a member of the Ghana Bar
Association since 2002.
In charting his political career, Hon Haruna Iddrisu played a very
active part in students politics and was President of the National
Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) from 1996-1997. He has been the National
Youth Organiser for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Party
from 2002 to date.
Born on 8th September 19970, Hon Haruna Iddrisu is married with two children.