Complete list of all Ministers and their deputies

By | June 1, 2017

Complete list of all Ministers and their deputies

The following is the complete list of all Ministers and their deputies in Ghana. The CEOs of all major government organizations and the list of all government appointed officers. Every appointed individual by the Nana Addo‘s government can be found in the list below.

Complete list of all Ministers and their deputies

Senior Minister

  • Yaw Osafo-Maafo

Sector Ministers and their deputies

Ministry of Finance

  • Ken Ofori-Atta Kwaku Kwarteng

Deputy Ministers

  • Abena Osei Asare
  • Charles Adu Boahen
  •  Kwaku Kwarteng

Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology

  • Kwabena Frimpong- Boateng

Deputy Minister

  • Patricia Appiagyei

Ministry of Trade and Industry

  • Alan John Kyerematen

Deputy Ministers

  • Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah
  • Robert Ahomka-Lindsey

Ministry of Food and Agriculture

  • Owusu Afriyie Akoto (PhD)

Deputy Ministers

  • William Agyapong Quaitoo
  • Sagre Bambangi
  • George Oduro

National Security Minister

  • Albert Kan-Dapaah

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • Shirley Ayorkor Botwe (MP)

Deputy Ministers

  • Mohammed Habbib Tijani
  • Charles Owiredu

Ministry of Youth and Sports

  • Isaac Kwame Asiamah

Deputy Minister

  • Pius Enam Hadzide

Ministry of Energy

  • Boakye Agyarko (PhD)

Deputy Ministers

  • Owuraku Aidoo
  • Joseph Cudjoe
  • Mohammed Amin Anta

Ministry of Defence

  • Dominic Nitiwul
  • Derrick Oduro

Ministry of The Interior

  • Ambrose Dery

Deputy Minister

  • Henry Quartey

Office of Attorney General and Ministry of Justice

  • Gloria Akuffo

Deputy Minister

  • Godfred Dame
  • Joseph Dinkiok Kpemka

Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development

  • Alima Mahama

Deputy Minister

  • Osei Bonsu Amoah
  • Collins Ntim
  • Kwasi Boateng
    Agyei

Ministry of Education

  • Matthew Opoku Prempeh

Deputy Minister

  • Yaw Osei Adutwum (PhD)
  • Barbara Ayisi Acher

Ministry of Health

  • Kwaku Agyemang-Manu
  • Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu
  • Tina Mensah

Ministry of Works and Housing

  • Samuel Atta Akyea

Deputy Minister

  • Freda Prempeh
  • Eugene Antwi

Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources

  • Joseph Kofi Adda

Deputy Minister

  • Patrick Boamah
  • Michael Yaw Gyato

Ministry of Communications

  • Ursula Owusu Ekuful

Deputy Minister

  • George AndahVincent
  • Sowah Odotei

Ministry of Information

  • Mustapha Abdul-Hamid

Deputy Minister

  • Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
  • Ama Dokuaa Asiamah Agyei
  • Perry Curtis Kwabla Okudzeto

Ministry of Roads and Highways

  • Kwesi Amoako Atta

Deputy Minister

  • Kwabena Owusu Aduomi
  • Anthony N-Yoh Puowele Karbo

Ministry of Railway Development

  • Joe Ghartey

Deputy Minister

  • Kwaku Agyenim Boateng
  • Andy Appiah-Kubi

Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection

  • Otiko Afisa Djaba

Deputy Minister

  • Gifty Twum Ampofo

Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations

  • Ignatius Bafuor Awuah

Deputy Minister

  • Bright Wireko Brobbey

Ministry of Transport

  • Kweku Ofori Asiamah

Deputy Minister

  • Nii Kwartei Titus Glover

Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources

  • John Peter Amewu

Deputy Minister

  • Benito Owusu Bio
  • Barbara Oteng Gyasi

Ministry Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Anthony Akoto Osei (PhD)

Deputy Minister
William Kwasi Sabi
Ministry of Regional Reorganization and Development

  • Dan Kweku Botwe

Deputy Minister

  • Martin Agyei-Mensah Korsah

Ministry of Planning

  • George Yaw Gyan-Baffour (Prof.)

Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts

  • Catherine Ablema Afeku

Deputy Minister
Ziblim Barri Iddi (PhD)
Ministry of Special Development Initiative

  • Mavis Hawa Koomson

Ministry of Fisheries And Aquaculture

  • Elizabeth Afoley Quaye

Deputy Minister

  • Francis Kingsley Ato Cudjoe

Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs

  • Kofi Dzamesi

Deputy Minister

  • Paul Essien

Minister of Inner cities and Zongo Development

  • Abubakar Boniface Siddique

Minister of Business Development Ibrahim

  • Mohammed Awal

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs

  • Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu

Ministry of Aviation

  • Cecilia Dapaah Kwabena O.

Deputy Minister

  • Darko-Mensah

Minister of State at the Office of the President in charge of Public Procurement

  • Sarah Adwoa Safo

Ministers of State at the Ministry of Education in charge of Tertiary Education

  • Kwesi Yankah (Prof.)

Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture

  • Nurah Gyeile

Minister of State at the Office of the President

  • Brian Acheampong

Regional Ministers in Ghana

Ashanti Regional Minister

  • Simon Osei-Mensah

Deputy Minister

  • Elizabeth Agyeman

Brong Ahafo Regional Minister

  • Kweku Asomah-Cheremeh

Deputy Minister

  • Evans Opoku

Central Region

  • Kwamena Duncan

Deputy Minister

  • Thomas Agyei Baffour

Eastern Regional Minister

  • Kwakye Darfour (PhD)

Deputy Minister

  • Joseph Tetteh (MP)

Greater Accra Regional Minister

  • Ishmael Ashitey

Deputy Minister

  • Elizabeth Kwatsoo Tetteh Sackey

Northern Regional Minister

  • Salifu Saeed

Deputy Minister

  • Solomon Namliit Boar

Upper East Regional Minister

  • Rockson Bukari

Deputy Minister

  • Frank Fuseini Adongo

Upper West Regional Minister

  • Sulemana Alhassan

Deputy Minister

  • Amidu Ishaq

Volta Regional Minister

  • Archibald Letsa (PhD)

Deputy Minister

  • Maxwell Blagogee

Western Regional Minister

  • Kwaku Afriyie (PhD)

Deputy Minister

  • Eugenia Gifty Kusi

 
Local government administration, Metropolitan Assembly Administrative, subdivision Municipal Chief Executive
Accra Metropolitan Assembly

  • Mohammed Adjei Sowah

Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly

  • Osei Assibey Antwi

Secondi/Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly

  • Anthony K. K. Sam

Tamale Metropolitan Assembly

  • Iddrisu Musa

Parliamentary appointments
Speaker of Parliament

  • Aaron Mike Oquaye

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament

  • Joseph Osei Owusu

Majority Leader

  • Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu

Deputy Majority Leader

  • Sarah Adwoa Safo

Majority Chief Whip

  • Kwasi Ameyaw- Cheremeh

Government administrative staff Offices
Chief of Staff

  • Frema Osei-Opare

Deputy Chief of Staff

  • Samuel Abu Jinapor

Secretary to the Cabinet

  • Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari

Executive Secretary to the president

  • Nana Bediatuo Asante

Director of Communications at the Presidency

  • Eugene Arhin

Deputy Director of Communications at the Presidency

  • Fatimatu Abubakari

National security adviser

  • Emmanuel Okyere (Brig.- Gen.)

National security coordinator

  • Joshua Kyeremeh

Director of Research

  • Victor Newman

Political assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff

  • Francis Asenso- Boakye

Director of state protocol

  • Hassan Ahmed

Director of Operations

  • Lord Oblitey Commey

Personal assistant to the president

  • Saratu Atta

Presidential staffer

  • Clara Napaga Tia Suleman
  • Charles Bissue

 

Heads of Public Institutions Offices

Director General of National Communications Authority

  • Joseph Anokye

Director General of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority

  • Paul Asare Ansah

Executive Secretary of Ghana Free Zones Authority

  • Michael Okyere Baafi

Chief Executive Officer of National Petroleum Authority

  • Hassan Tampuli

Managing Director of Tema Oil Refinery

  • Isaac Osei

Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation

  • Kofi Koduah Sarpong (PhD)

Chief Executive Officer of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited

  • Alfred Obeng Boateng

Chief Executive Officer of National Identification Authority

  • Ken Agyeman Attafuah (Prof.)

Executive Director of National Service Scheme

  • Mustapha Ussif

Deputy Executive Director of National Service Scheme (Operations and Programmes)

  • Nana Boakye

Deputy Executive Director of National Service Scheme (Finance and Administration)

  • Gifty Oware-Aboagye (PhD)

Executive Director of the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training

  • Fred Kyei Asamoah

Commissioner General of Ghana Revenue Authority

  • Emmanuel Kofi Nti

Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Gas Company

  • Benjamin K. D. Asante (PhD)

Coordinator for the National Youth Authority

  • Emmanuel Asigiri

Director General of Ghana Health Service

  • Nsiah Asare (PhD)

Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance and Small Loans Center

  • Stephen Amoah

Deputy Executive Secretary of Microfinance and Small Loans Center

  • Maame Afia Akoto

Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Oil Company Limited

  • Kwame Osei-Prempeh

Chief Executive Officer of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority

  • Kwasi Agyemang Busia

Chief Executive Officer of Public Procurement Authority

  • Agyenim Boateng Agyei

Director General of National Disaster Management Organisation

  • Eric Nana Agyeman- Prempeh

Deputy Director General of National Disaster Management Organisation

  • Abu Ramadan

Chief Executive Officer of Food and Drugs Authority

  • Delese Mimi Darko

Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Export Import Bank

  • Lawrence Agyinsam

President of Creative Arts Council

  • Mark Okraku Mantey

Director of Creative Arts Council

  • Gyankroma Akufo-Addo

Secretary of Creative Arts Council

  • Bibi Bright

Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Forestry Commission

  • Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie

Deputy Commissioner of National Commission for Civic Education

  • Kathleen Addy

Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Tourism Development Company

  • Kwadwo Odame Antwi

Other political appointments Office
Special Independent prosecutor of government

  • Akoto Ampaw

Chief of Defense Staff

  • Obed Akwa (Major General)

Chief of Army Staff

  • William Azure Ayambo (Major General)

Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service (IGP)

  • David Asante-Apeatu

Board Chairman of Ghana Infrastructural Investment Fund

  • Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi (Prof.)

Board Chairman of Millennium Development Authority

  • Yaa Ntiamoah Badu (Prof.)

Ghana is a nation on West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, is known for diverse wildlife, old forts and secluded beaches, such as at Busua. Coastal towns Elmina and Cape Coast contain posubans (native shrines), colonial buildings and castles-turned-museums that serve as testimonials to the slave trade. North of Cape Coast, vast Kakum National Park has a treetop-canopy walkway over the rainforest.
Capital: Accra
President: Nana Akufo-Addo
Population: 27.41 million (2015) World Bank
GDP per capita: 1,381.41 USD (2015) World Bank
Official language: English
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