Ministers of the Ghanaian Government

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This is a list of the ministers of the Ghanaian Government appointed by president John Agyekum Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party. He won the December 2000 and the December 2004 elections thus having two terms in office. The second term ends after elections due in December 2008. The new government usually assumes office around the end of the first week in the following month, which would be January 2009.

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[edit] Ministers of State

  • Ministry of Defence — Dr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor (MP)
  • Ministry of the Interior — Albert Kan Dapaah (MP)
  • Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment — Stephen Asamoah Boateng (MP)
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD — Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (MP)
  • Ministry of Information and National Orientation — Kwamena Bartels (MP)
  • Ministry of Justice and Attorney General's Department — Joe Ghartey (MP)
  • Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs — Felix Owusu-Adjapong (MP)
  • Ministry of National Security — Francis Poku
  • Ministry of Foods and Agriculture — Ernest Akobuor Debrah (MP)
  • Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning — Kwadwo Baah Wiredu (MP)
  • Ministry of Trade, Industry, Private Sector and PSI — Alan Kyeremanteng (MP)
  • Ministry of Fisheries — Gladys Asmah (MP)
  • Ministry of Tourism and Diasporean Relations — [MS OBOSHIE SAI KOFFIE [ [Ministry of Public Sector Reform (Ghana)|Ministry of Public Sector Reform]] — Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom (MP)
  • Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing — Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (MP)
  • Ministry of Transportation — Justice Kofi Dela Dzakpasu
  • Ministry of Communication — Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye (MP)
  • Ministry of Energy — Vacant, Felix Owusu-Adjepong nominated[1].
  • Ministry of Lands, Forestry and Mines — Prof. Dominic Fobih (MP)
  • Ministry of Ports and Railways — Prof. Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi
  • Ministry of Aviation — Sophia Akuffo
  • Ministry of Education, Science and Sports — Paapa Owusu Ankomah (MP)
  • Ministry of Health — Major (Rtd) Courage Emmanuel Kobla Quashigah (MP)
  • Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs — Hajia Alima Mahama (MP)
  • Ministry of Manpower, Development and Employment — Boniface Abubakar Siddique (MP)
  • Ministry of Culture and Chieftaincy — Sampson K. Boafo (MP)

[edit] Regional Ministers

[edit] Office of the President

  • Charles Bintim (MP)
  • Kwadjo Adjei Darko
  • Elizabeth Ekua Ohene
  • Theresa Tagoe

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "GHANA: Energy Minister Dismissed" . Africa Research Bulletin; Political, Social, and Cultural series 45(3): 17454C-17455A. Blackwell.