Joseph Yieleh Chireh
Joseph Yieleh Chireh | |
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| Chairman of the Governing Board of Pharmacy Council of Ghana | |
| Assumed office 27 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Doris Addae-Afoakwa |
| Member of Pan-African Parliament | |
| In office May 2017 – Jan 2021 | |
| Member of Parliament for Wa West Constituency | |
| In office 7 January 2005 – 6 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | New Constituency |
| Succeeded by | Peter Lanchene Toobu |
| Minister for Health | |
| In office Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | |
| President | John Atta Mills |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Kunbuor |
| Succeeded by | Alban Bagbin |
| Minister for Local Government and Rural Development | |
| In office Feb 2009 – Jan 2011 | |
| President | John Atta Mills |
| Deputy | Elvis Afriyie Ankrah |
| Preceded by | Kwadwo Adjei-Darko |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo |
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Algeria with concurrent accreditation to Tunisia, Mauritania and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | |
| In office 1997–2001 | |
| President | Jerry Rawlings |
| Minister for the Upper West Region | |
| In office Feb 1993 – Jan 1997 | |
| President | Jerry Rawlings |
| Preceded by | Yelibora Antumini |
| Succeeded by | Amidu Sulemana |
| Committee Service in Parliament of Ghana | |
| 2018 - 2021 | Chairman, Ghana-China Parliamentary Friendship Association |
| 2018-2021 | Member, Ghana-France Parliamentary Friendship Association |
| 2013-2021 | Member, Committee on Appointments |
| 2009-2021 | Member, Committee on Local Government |
| 2005-2021 | Member, Committee on Subsidiary Legislation |
| 2017-2019 | Ranking Member, Committee on Health |
| 2013-2017 | Chairman, Committee on Health |
| 2013-2017 | Deputy Ranking Member, Committee on Subsidiary Legislation |
| 2009-2013 | Member, Committee on Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises |
| 2008-2013 | Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Yieleh Chireh 8 July 1954 Lassia Tuolu, Wa West District, Ghana |
| Political party | National Democratic Congress |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Lawyer, Pharmacist, Politician |
| Website | |
Joseph Yieleh Chireh (born 8 July 1954) is a Ghanaian pharmacist, lawyer, diplomat and politician. He is the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Pharmacy Council of Ghana having been appointed by President John Dramani Mahama in May 2025. He was the Board Chairman of FBNBank Ghana, a subsidiary of First Bank of Nigeria from January 2014 to February 2020. He served as the Member for Parliament for Wa West Constituency in the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Parliaments of the 4th Republic of Ghana from January 2005 to January 2021. He also served as a Member of the Pan-African Parliament between May 2017 to January 2021.
Chireh was the Minister for Health from January 2011 to March 2012 and Minister for Local Government and Rural Development from February 2009 to January 2011 under President John Evans Atta Mills.
President Jerry John Rawlings appointed Chireh to serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Algeria with concurrent accreditation to Tunisia, Mauritania and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic from July 1997 to March 2001 and Minister for the Upper West Region from March 1993 to March 1997. Under the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), he served in various roles as a PNDC Secretary at the PNDC Secretariat from May 1985 to January 1993 and PNDC Secretary for the Upper West Region between March 1983 and May 1985.