# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shirley-ayorkor-botchway
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:32:01.738Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shirley-ayorkor-botchway"
name: "Shirley Ayorkor Botchway"
slug: "shirley-ayorkor-botchway"
description: "Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is a Ghanaian politician, diplomat and lawyer who has served as the seventh secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1 April 2025. At the time of her appointment, she was Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. She was appointed foreign minister by Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo on 10 January 2017. Previously, she was a Member of Parliament for Anyaa-Sowutuom from 2013 to 2021 and had served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and a Minister of State at the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing under John Kufuor. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party."
tagline: "Ghanaian politician"
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gender: "female"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1963-02-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump