Akufo-Addo's cabinet

President Nana Akufo-Addo (2017)

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia (2018)

The Akufo-Addo cabinet is the eighth government cabinet of the fourth republic of Ghana . After winning the presidential election in December 2016, Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in as president of the country on January 7, 2017. According to Article 76, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution , the Cabinet consists of a minimum of ten and a maximum of 19 state ministers in addition to the President and the Vice-President. There are also non-cabinet ministers and regional ministers , who are represented by deputy ministers .

minister

The 36 ministers were sworn in on January 27, February 7 and 10, 2017, and on May 30, 2017 President Akufo-Addo announced the 19 ministers who would join his cabinet. The first cabinet reshuffle took place on August 9, 2018.

cabinet

Office	Surname	Political party
President (President)	Nana Akufo-Addo since January 7, 2017	NPP
Vice President (VP)	Mahamudu Bawumia since January 7, 2017	NPP
Minister of Agriculture	Owusu Afriyie Akoto since January 27, 2017	NPP
Minister of Defense	Dominic Nitiwul since January 27, 2017	NPP
Minister of Education	Matthew Opoku Prempeh since January 27, 2017	NPP
Minister of Employment and Labor Relations	Ignatius Baffour-Awuah since February 7, 2017	NPP
Minister of Energy	Boakye Agyarko January 27, 2017 - August 6, 2018	NPP
	John Peter Amewu since August 9, 2018
Minister of Finance	Ken Ofori-Atta since January 27, 2017	NPP
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Shirley Ayorkor Botchway since January 28, 2017	NPP
Minister of Health	Kwaku Agyemang-Manu since January 27, 2017	NPP
Minister of Interior	Ambrose Dery since January 27, 2017	NPP
Attorney General and Minister of Justice	Gloria Akuffo since January 27, 2017	NPP
Minister of Lands and Natural Resources	John Peter Amewu February 7, 2017 - August 9, 2018	NPP
	Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh since August 9, 2018
Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation	Anthony Akoto Osei since February 7, 2017	NPP
Minister of Railway Development	Joe Ghartey since February 7, 2017	NPP
Minister of Regional Reorganization and Development	Dan Botwe since February 7, 2017	NPP
Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources	Joseph Kofi Adda February 7, 2017 - August 9, 2018	NPP
	Cecilia Dapaah since August 9, 2018
Minister of Special Development Initiatives	Mavis Hawa Koomson since February 10, 2017	NPP
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture	Catherine Afeku since February 10, 2017	NPP
Minister of Trade and Industry	Alan Kyeremanten since January 27, 2017	NPP
Minister of Transport	Kwaku Ofori Asiamah since February 7, 2017	NPP

Non-Cabinet Minister

Office	Surname	Political party
Minister of Aviation	Cecilia Dapaah February 10, 2017 - August 9, 2018	NPP
	Joseph Kofi Adda since August 9, 2018
Minister of Business Development	Ibrahim Mohammed Awal since February 10, 2017	NPP
Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs	Kwesi Amoako-Atta since February 10, 2017	NPP
Minister of Communications	Ursula Owusu-Ekuful since February 7, 2017	NPP
Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation	Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng since February 7, 2017	NPP
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture	Elizabeth Afoley Quaye since February 10, 2017	NPP
Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection	Otiko Afisa Djaba February 7, 2017 - August 9, 2018	NPP
	Cynthia Morrison since August 9, 2018
Minister of Information	Mustapha Abdul-Hamid February 10, 2017 - August 9, 2018	NPP
	Kojo Oppong Nkrumah since August 9, 2018
Minister of Inner City and Zongo Development	Abubakar Saddique Boniface February 10, 2017 - August 9, 2018	NPP
	Mustapha Abdul-Hamid since August 9, 2018
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development	Alima Mahama since January 27, 2017	NPP
Minister of National Security	Albert Kan-Dapaah since January 27, 2017	NPP
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu since February 10, 2017	NPP
Minister of Planning	George Gyan-Baffour since February 10, 2017	NPP
Minister of Roads and Highways	Kwesi Amoako-Atta since February 7, 2017	NPP
Minister of Works and Housing	Samuel Atta Akyea since February 7, 2017	NPP
Minister of Youth and Sports	Isaac Kwame Asiamah since February 10, 2017	NPP
Senior Minister	Yaw Osafo-Maafo since January 27, 2017	NPP

Regional minister

The ten regional ministers took their oath of office on February 17, 2017.

region	Surname	Political party
Ashanti region	Simon Osei-Mensah since February 17, 2017	NPP
Brong-Ahafo region	Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh February 17, 2017 - August 9, 2018	NPP
	Evans Opoku Bobie since August 9, 2018
Central region	Kwamena Duncan since February 17, 2017	NPP
Eastern region	Eric Kwakye Darfour since February 17, 2017	NPP
Greater Accra Region	Ishmael Ashitey since February 17, 2017	NPP
Northern region	Salifu Saeed since February 17, 2017	NPP
Upper East Region	Rockson Ayine Bukari February 17, 2017 - August 9, 2018	NPP
	Paulina Patience Abagaye since August 9, 2018
Upper West Region	Sulemana Alhassan February 17, 2017 - February 1, 2018	NPP
	Amidu Ishaq (interim) February 1, 2018 - May 4, 2018
	Sulemana Alhassan since May 4, 2018
Volta region	Archibald Yao Letsa since February 17, 2017	NPP
Western region	Kwaku Afriyie since February 17, 2017	NPP

Web links

• Ministers of State. In: ghana.go.gh , accessed on January 3, 2019.
• Regional Ministers. In: ghana.go.gh , accessed on January 3, 2019.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ President Akufo-Addo swears-in new 12 minister. In: ghana.gov.gh (January 30, 2017).
2. ↑ Twelve Ministers sworn in. In: ghanaweb.com (January 28, 2017).
3. ↑ President Akufo-Addo swears-in more 12 minister. In: ghana.gov.gh (February 10, 2017).
4. ↑ Nana Addo swears in second batch of Ministers. In: citifmonline.com (February 8, 2017).
5. ↑ President Akufo-Addo swears-in load batch of ministers. In: ghana.gov.gh (February 14, 2017).
6. ↑ President swears in load batch of sector ministers. In: graphic.com.gh (February 11, 2017).
7. ^ President Akufo-Addo names cabinet ministers. In: ghana.gov.gh (May 30, 2017).
8. ↑ Full list of Nana Addo's 19 Cabinet ministers. In: ghanaweb.com (June 1, 2017).
9. ^ President Akufo-Addo Makes Changes To His Government. In: presidency.gov.gh (August 9, 2018).
10. ↑ Akufo-Addo reshuffles 15, sacks zero, keeps 110 ministers. In: myjoyonline.com (August 9, 2018).
11. ↑ Nana Addo sacks Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko. In: ghanaweb.com (August 6, 2018).
12. ^ Parliament approves all 10 regional ministers designate. In: ghana.gov.gh (February 21, 2017).
13. ↑ President Akufo-Addo swears regional ministers into office. In: graphic.com.gh (February 20, 2017).
14. ^ NPP attacks: Akufo-Addo suspends Upper West Regional minister. In: myjoyonline.com (February 1, 2018).
15. ^ Akufo-Addo reinstates Upper West Regional Minister. In: ghanaweb.com (May 4, 2018).