Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare (born March 1, 1974) is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician who served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts.
[5] Ofosu-Adjare is the third of ten girls born to Isaac Kwadwo Adjei Mensah, a lawyer, businessman and politician, and his wife, a businesswoman.
[6] Ofosu-Adjare started her legal practice with the Holy Trinity Chambers in Kumasi, Ashanti Region in 2004 and rose to become a partner of the Firm.
Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare was appointed on 1 March 2013 by President John Dramani Mahama to the newly created/realigned Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Creative Arts.
She contested again for Techiman north constituency seat on the ticket of the National Democratic Congres during the 2024 Ghanaian General Election and won with 22,513 as against her opponent from the New Patriotic party, Martin Gyarko Oti's 19,214.
[9] Ofosu-Adjare was appointed on 1 March 2013 by President John Dramani Mahama to the newly created/realigned Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Creative Arts.
She also restructured the National Festival for Arts & Culture (NAFAC)[11] and the famous Ghana Carnival introduced in her maiden year in office.
[17] She lobbied her colleague African Ministers & the top echelons of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to have Ghana host the first ever Brand Africa conference in Accra in August 2015.
She is the daughter of the late Isaac Kwadwo Adjei-Mensah, who served as Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing during the Rawlings government, and was also Member of Parliament for Techiman North where she currently is an MP.