The following is the full Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the new Speaker of Parliament, Mrs Justice Joyce Adelaide Bamford-Addo as issued by Parliament on Thursday.

NAME: JOYCE ADELINE BAMFORD-ADDO
DATE OF BIRTH: 26TH MARCH, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH: ACCRA, GHANA
NATIONALITY: GHANAIAN
RELIGION: CATHOLIC
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: BARRISTER-AT-LAW, MEMBER OF INNER
TEMPLE LONDON 1961.
DATE OF CALL TO ENGLICH BAR: LONDON 1961
DATE OF CALL TO GHANA BAR: 1962 GHANA
EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PERSECUTIONS,
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S OFFICE, ACCRA - GHANA (FIRST WOMAN)
SENIOR ADVOCATE OF GHANA (SAG) EQUIVALENT OF QC; U.K. 2ND DEPUTY
SPEAKER CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY (FIRST WOMAN) 1991
WOMAN SUPREME COURT JUDGE
DATE OF FIRST APPOINTMENT ENTERED THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S
OFFICE AS:
1.ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY - 27TH
DEC. 1963;
2. PROMOTED TO STATE ATTORNEY 21ST APRIL, 1965 3. PROMOTED TO SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY - 1ST MARCH, 1970.
4. PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY - 1ST APRIL 1973.
5. PROMOTED TO CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY - 1ST OCTOBER, 1976

APPOINTMENT: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTION
- 21ST JAN. 1986
PUBLIC OFFICES HELD: MEMBER OF GHANA LAW REFORM COMMISSION.
MEMBER OF LEGAL AID BOARD
MEMBER OF LEGAL CLASS BOARD
GHANA REPRESENTATIVE ON UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
MEMBER OF JUDICIAL COUNCIL
MEMBER OF GENERAL LEGAL COUNCIL

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCTION: CATHOLIC LAWYERS GUILD, FIDA (INTERNATIONAL), GHANA BARASSOCIATION. COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATION

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ATTENDED:
1. CONFERENCE AT TUNIS ON STATUS WOMEN 1983
2. CONFERENCES ON COMONWEALTH COMMONWEALTH LAW MINISTERS
IN SRI LANKA, 1983
3. CONFERENCE IN ETHOPIA ADDIS-ABABA 1983
4. QUADRIPARTITE MEETING OF HEADS
OF STATE OF BENIN, GHANA, TOGO AND NIGERIA IN NIGERIA IN NIGERIA IN DECEMBER,
1984.
5. QUADRIPARTITE MINISTERIAL MEETING IN LOME 1984.
6. LAW MINISTERS CONFERENCE IN HARARE ZIMBABWE JULY, 1986.
7. LAW CONFERENCE IN ECHO RICE JAMAICA SEPTEMBER, 1986
8. MEMBER OF DELEGATION OF STATE VISIT TO MAURITANIA AND
CAPE VERDE IN 1988.
9. U.N. AFRICAN REGIONAL PREPARATORY CONFERENCE ON
CRIME PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS JUNE,
1989 ADDIS ABABA.
10. 34TH U.N. SESSION ON COMMISSION ON COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF
WOMEN IN VIENNA AUSTRIA IN FEBRUARY, 1990.
11. COMMONWEALTH, SENIOR LAW MINISTERS CONFERENCE IN
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND APRIL 1990.
12. U.N. CONFERENCE ON CRIME PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
OR OFFENDERS IN CUBA SEPTEMBER 1990.
13. 35TH U.N. SESSION ON COMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN FEBRUARY, 1991
14. COMMONWEALTH AFRICAN DPPs CONFERENCE, BANJUL, GAMBIA, MARCH 1991
15. INTERNATIONAL COCIETY FOR THE REFORM OF CRIMINAL LAW, LONDON, 1997
16. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE REFORM OF CRIMINAL LAW, BARBADOS 1998
17. SEVENTEENTH CAMBDRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ECONOMIC CRIME, JESUS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, 1999
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
ELECTED AS "WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2000" BY AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE
RETIREMENT: RETIRED FROM PUBLIC SERVICE IN OCTOBER 2004AFTER 43 YEARS AS A PRACTICING LAWYER. SHE SPENT 13 YEARS AS A JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT
LEGAL EXPERIENCE: OVER 43 YEARS LEGAL EXPOERIENCE ACQUIRED AS:
1. PRIVATE LAW PRACTITIONER 1961-63 IN LONDON AND GHANA
2. AN ATTORNEY IN THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPT. 1963-1991
3. SUPREME COURT JUDGE 1991-2004
4. ACQUIRED LEGAL KNOWLEDGE FROM MANY CONFERENCES