Meet Ghanaian stateswoman, Ameley Tagoe

Theresa Ameley Tagoe widely known as Ameley Tagoe (December 13, 1943 – November 25, 2010)

Tagoe, of the Ga people, had her secondary education at Aburi Girls Senior High School where she was the school prefect. She obtained a bachelor's degree in French from the University of Ghana.

She 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.

Ameley Tagoe was elected into parliament on 7 January 1997 after emerging winner at the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections. She obtained 39.90% of the total votes cast which is equivalent to 47,644 votes by defeating Ebo Hawkson of the National Democratic Congress who obtained 35.70% which is equivalent to 42,568 votes.

She became Deputy Minister of Works and Housing under President

Jerry John Rawlings's government.

She also became Deputy Minister for Greater Accra Region and Deputy Minister Ministry of lands, Forestry and mines respectively under President John Agyekum Kufuor's administration.

Tagoe was also one time national women’s organizer of the New Patriotic Party.

Tagoe served as a member of the Council of State and was a lifelong member of the Council of Women World Leaders.

Tagoe 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.

The Dansoman roundabout has been named after her, November 25, 2020.