The following is the full Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the new Speaker of Parliament, Mrs Justice Joyce Adelaide Bamford-Addo as issued by Parliament on Thursday.

NAME: JOYCE ADELINE BAMFORD-ADDO
DATE OF BIRTH: 26TH MARCH, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH: ACCRA, GHANA
NATIONALITY: GHANAIAN
RELIGION: CATHOLIC
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: BARRISTER-AT-LAW, MEMBER OF INNER

TEMPLE LONDON 1961.
DATE OF CALL TO ENGLICH BAR: LONDON 1961
DATE OF CALL TO GHANA BAR: 1962 GHANA
EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PERSECUTIONS,
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S OFFICE, ACCRA - GHANA (FIRST WOMAN)

SENIOR ADVOCATE OF GHANA (SAG) EQUIVALENT OF QC; U.K. 2ND DEPUTY

SPEAKER CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY (FIRST WOMAN) 1991
WOMAN SUPREME COURT JUDGE
DATE OF FIRST APPOINTMENT ENTERED THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S

OFFICE AS:
ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY - 27TH DEC. 1963;
PROMOTED TO STATE ATTORNEY 21ST APRIL, 1965
PROMOTED TO SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY - 1ST MARCH, 1970.

PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY - 1ST APRIL 1973.
PROMOTED TO CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY - 1ST OCTOBER, 1976

APPOINTMENT: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTION - 21ST JAN. 1986

PUBLIC OFFICES HELD: MEMBER OF GHANA LAW REFORM COMMISSION.

MEMBER OF LEGAL AID BOARD
MEMBER OF LEGAL CLASS BOARD
GHANA REPRESENTATIVE ON UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

MEMBER OF JUDICIAL COUNCIL MEMBER OF GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCTION: CATHOLIC LAWYERS GUILD, FIDA (INTERNATIONAL), GHANA BARASSOCIATION. COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ATTENDED:
CONFERENCE AT TUNIS ON STATUS WOMEN 1983
CONFERENCES ON COMONWEALTH COMMONWEALTH LAW MINISTERS IN SRI LANKA, 1983

CONFERENCE IN ETHOPIA ADDIS-ABABA 1983
QUADRIPARTITE MEETING OF HEADS OF STATE OF BENIN, GHANA, TOGO AND NIGERIA IN NIGERIA IN NIGERIA IN DECEMBER, 1984.

QUADRIPARTITE MINISTERIAL MEETING IN LOME 1984.
LAW MINISTERS CONFERENCE IN HARARE ZIMBABWE JULY, 1986.

LAW CONFERENCE IN ECHO RICE JAMAICA SEPTEMBER, 1986

MEMBER OF DELEGATION OF STATE VISIT TO MAURITANIA AND CAPE VERDE IN 1988.

U.N. AFRICAN REGIONAL PREPARATORY CONFERENCE ON
CRIME PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS JUNE, 1989 ADDIS ABABA.

34TH U.N. SESSION ON COMMISSION ON COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN VIENNA AUSTRIA IN FEBRUARY, 1990.

COMMONWEALTH, SENIOR LAW MINISTERS CONFERENCE IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND APRIL 1990. Continued    Source: GNA - Ghana News Agency