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Theresa Amereley Tagoe (December 13, 1943 – November 25, 2010) was a Ghanaian female politician and a leading member of the New Patriotic Party and a former Member of Parliament of the Ablekuma South Constituency.
Early life
Tagoe, of the Ga people, was born on 13 December 1943.
Education
Tagoe had her secondary education at Aburi Girls Senior High School where she was the school prefect. She was a student of French and owned a girls' secretarial school that included French in its curriculum, as well as starting charitable programs including one to help orphaned and street girls learn productive trades and a micro-credit loan program for women marketing dried fish on the streets of Accra.
Political career
Theresa Tagoe was also the deputy Greater Accra Regional Minister and deputy Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines under the erstwhile John Kufuor's administration.
Tagoe was also one time national women’s organizer of the New Patriotic Party.
Legacy
Tagoe served as a member of Council of State and was a was a lifelong member of the Council of Women World Leaders.
Personal life
Theresa Tagoe had two sons.