Victoria Nyarku

Victoria Nyarko was a Ghanaian civil servant and politician. She served as a member of the Parliament of Ghana from 1960 to 1966. She was the Third Member for the Northern Region from 1960 to 1966.

Early life and education Nyarko was born on 24 May 1934 at Nsawam. She had her early education at the Nsawam Methodist School and the Accra Methodist School, and later proceeded to Wesley Girls' High School, Cape Coast in 1949. Following her graduation in 1952, she entered St. Augustine's College, Cape Coast, in 1953 to study her sixth form courses. She enrolled at the University of the Gold Coast (now the University of Ghana) in October 1955 to study geography with Economics as a subsidiary subject. In October 1959, she was appointed assistant secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in June 1960, she entered parliament. She entered parliament at the age of 26 as the Third Member for the Northern Region. She remained in parliament until 1965.