Ghana’s former Minister of Health, Hanny Sherry Ayittey, has died at age 75, the family has announced.
Madam Ayittey, who also served as Minister for Environment, Science, and Technology, died on Saturday, July 22.
According to the family statement, further details will be issued later.
Hanny Sherry Ayittey, a biochemist, politician, and women’s activist, was a founding member of the opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
She served in several roles within the party and in government, serving as a women’s activist and a minister of state.
She was the Minister for Health from 2009 until the late President Atta Mills won power. She became Minister of Health in 2013, under former President John Mahama, and subsequently served as Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development until June 2014.