President Mahama has appointed Dr Hannah Louisa Bissiw as the Administrator of the Minerals Development Fund (MDF).
The MDF, established by Act 912 and passed by Parliament in March 2016, aims to provide a reliable and predictable source of funding for development initiatives in mining communities.
Dr Bissiw is currently serving as the National Women Organizer of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
She is a former Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture and a former Member of Parliament for Tano South.
Dr Bissiw was born in Techimantia in the then Brong Ahafo Region.
She received her senior high-school education at Kumasi Girls Secondary School, and later acquired a scholarship to study in Cuba, where she graduated as a Veterinary Doctor (1999).
Upon returning to Ghana, Bissiw worked with Veterinary Hospitals and collaborated on projects between Ghana and Cuba.
In 2008 she became active in politics.
She rose from being a member of the NDC Manifesto Committee (2008) to become the Deputy Minister of State (Ministry of Water Resources, Works, and Housing (MWRWH) (2009), Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture and Member of Parliament for Tano South (2012 – 2017).