Government of Kufuor
The Kufuor government is the term used by President John Agyekum Kufuor in the West African state of Ghana . Kufuor was the incumbent President of Ghana until January 7, 2009 and took office for the first time after the presidential elections on December 7, 2000.
For the second term of office, the fourth government of the fourth Ghanaian Republic, Kufuor resumed the office of President of the Republic of Ghana on January 7, 2005. The ministers were appointed on January 11, 2005.
Aliu Mahama has been Vice President of Ghana since 2001 .
Third Government of the Fourth Republic of Ghana
Minister 2001 to 2005
Government of Ghana 2001-2005 | |||
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Ministerial office | official title | Minister (party affiliation) | Vice Minister |
Age minister responsible for reforming the civil service and the renewal program for national institutions | Senior Minister, responsible for Public-Sector Reform and the National Institutional Renewal Program | Joseph Henry Mensah (NPP) | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (NPP) (2001 - April 2003) , Nana Addo Dankwa Akufuo-Addo (NPP) (from April 2003) |
Akwasi Osei Adjei |
Minister of the Interior | Minister of the Interior |
Malik Al-Hassan Yakubu (NPP) (2001 - 2002) , Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (NPP) (from April 2003) |
Yaw Barimah (NPP) (January to November 2001) , Thomas Broni (from 2003) |
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning | Minister of Finance and Economic Planning |
Yaw Osafo-Maafo (NPP) (different: Yaw Osafo-Marfi) |
Gheysika Adombire Agambila (2001 to April 2003) , Agyemang Manu (2003) , Anthony Akoto Osei (May 2003 - July 2007) |
Minister of Defense | Minister of Defense | Kwame Addo-Kufuor (NPP) | Joseph Akudibillah |
Attorney General and Minister of Justice | Attorney-General, Minister of Justice |
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufuo-Addo (NPP) (2001 - April 2003) , Papa Owusu-Ankomah (NPP) (from April 2003) |
Gloria Akuffo (from 2003) , Ambrose Derry |
Minister for Trade, Industry and PSI (Special Initiatives of the President) | Minister of Trade, Industry and PSI (Presidential Special Initiatives) |
Alan Kyeremanteng (independent) (from April 2003) |
Kwadwo Affram Asiedu , Hajia Alima Mahama |
Minister for Local Administration and Rural Development | Minister of Local Government and Rural Development |
Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu (2001 - 2003) , Stephen Asamoah-Boateng (NPP) (from 2003) , Kwadjo Adjei Darko (NPP) (in August 2004) |
Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey , Issah Ketekwu |
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport | Minister of Education, Youth and Sports |
Papa Owusu-Ankomah (until September 2002) Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu (NPP) (from September 2005) |
Joe Donkor , Joe Aggrey |
(This ministry is not identical to the next one.) | |||
Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Girls' Education | Minister of Primary, Secondary and Girl-Child Education | Ms. Christine Churcher (NPP) | |
later renaming / merging (?) into: | |||
Minister of State for Education | Minister of State for Education | ||
Minister for Food and Agriculture | Minister of Food and Agriculture | (Major retd.) Courage Quashigah (NPP) |
Clement LN Eledi , Anna Nyamekye |
Minister for Roads, Highways and Transport | Minister of Roads, Highways and Transport | Richard Winfred Anane (NPP) | Emmanuel Adjei-Boye |
Minister of Health | Minister of Health | Dr. Kwaku Afriyie (NPP) | Moses Dani Baa |
Minister of Communication and Technology | Minister of Communications and Technology | Albert Kan-Dapaah (NPP) | |
Minister for Land Use and Forestry | Minister of Lands and Forestry | Dominic Fobih (NPP) |
Theresa Amerley Tagoe (2003-2005) |
Merged with the Ministry of Mines in 2005 | |||
Minister for Mining | Minister of Mines | Ms. Cecilia Bannerman (NRP) | Abdul Majeed Haroun |
Merged with the Ministry of Land Use and Forestry in 2005 | |||
2005: Merger of the Ministry of Mining and the Ministry of Land Use and Forestry to: | Dominic Fobih (NPP) | ||
Minister of Land Use, Forestry and Mining | Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines | ||
Minister for Vocational Training and Employment | Minister of Manpower Development and Employment |
Ms. Cecilia Bannerman (NRP) (2001 - 2003) Abubakar Boniface Saddique (from 2003) , |
John Benham , Angela Ofori Atta |
Minister for Public Works and Housing | Minister of Works and Housing |
Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris (NPP), Yaw Barimah (NPP) (November 2001 to April 2003) |
Theresa Amerley Tagoe (2001-2003) , Charles Bempong Yeboah |
Minister of Energy | Minister of Energy | Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom (NPP) |
KT Hammond (from 2003) |
Minister of Tourism and the Modernization of the Center of the Capital | Minister of Tourism and the Modernization of the Capital City |
Hawa Yakuwu Ogede (2001-2002) , Jacob Okanka Obetsebi-Lamptey (NPP) (from 2002) |
Abubakar Boniface Saddique |
Minister for Science and Environment | Minister of Science and Environment | Kasim Kasanga (independent) | Mathew Kwaku Antwi |
Minister for Women and Children | Minister of Women's and Children's Affairs | Mrs. Gladys Asmah (NPP) | Ignatius Kofi Poku-Adusei |
Minister for Private Sector Development | Minister of Private-Sector Development | Kwamina Bartels (NPP) | |
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
Papa Owusu-Ankomah (2001 - March 2003) , Felix Owusu-Adjapong (NPP) (from March 2003) |
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Minister for Ports and Railways | Minister of Ports, Harbors and Railways | Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi (NPP) |
Gheysika Adombire Agambila (April 2003 - 2005) |
Minister for Regional Cooperation and NEPAD | Minister of Regional Co-operation and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) | Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku (NPP) | |
Minister for Media Relations | Minister of Media Relations |
Mrs. Elizabeth Akua Ohene (2000-2001) Nana Akomea (NPP) (in August 2004) |
Florence Oboshie Sai-Coffie (May 2006 - July 2007) |
October 2001 renaming in: | |||
Minister for Information | Minister of Information | ||
later renamed to: | |||
Minister for Information and Presidential Affairs | Minister of Information and Presidential Affairs |
In addition, there are two ministers of state who have no office.
Regional minister
Regional Minister of Ghana 2001-2005 | |||
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region | Regional minister | Vice Regional Minister | |
Ashanti region | Sampson Kwaku Boafo | ||
Brong Ahafo region |
Ernest Akubuor Debrah (2001 - Jan. 2004) |
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Central region | Isaac Edumadze | ||
Eastern region | SK Osafo Mensah | ||
Greater Accra Region | (Sheikh) Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye | ||
Northern region |
Ben Salifu (until Jan 2004) , Ernest Akubuor Debrah (Feb 2004 - Feb 2005) |
Charles Bintim | |
Upper East Region | Mohamed Salifu | ||
Upper West Region | Mogtari Sahanun | ||
Volta region | Kwasi Owusa-Yeboah | ||
Western region | Joseph Boahen Aidoo |
Others
Press Secretary to the President and Government Spokesman ( Press Secretary to the President and Government Spokesman ):
- Kwabena Agyei Agyepong (from 2001)
State Council Chairman (Chairman of the Council of State) :
Fourth Government of the Fourth Republic of Ghana
Minister 2005-2009
Government of Ghana 2005-2009 | |||
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Minister for ... | official title | Minister (party affiliation) | Vice Minister |
Cabinet Ministries | |||
Minister of Age responsible for civil service reform and the National Institutional Renewal Program | Senior Minister, responsible for Public-Sector Reform and the National Institutional Renewal Program | Joseph Henry Mensah (NPP) | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (NPP) (until July 23, 2007) ; Akwasi Osei Adjei (from July 23, 2007) |
Akwasi Osei Adjei (until July 23, 2007) ; Shirley Botchwey (until July 31, 2007) ; CY Brempong-Yeboah (from August 1, 2007) |
later renamed to: | |||
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD | Minister for Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) | ||
Minister of the Interior | Minister of the Interior |
Minister : Papa Owusu-Ankomah (NPP) (until April 27, 2006) ; Minister : Albert Kan-Dapaah (April 27, 2006 - July 31, 2007) ; Minister : Kwamina Bartels (from August 1, 2007) ; Minister of State : Nana Obiri Boahen |
Agyeman Manu ; KT Hammond (from August 1, 2007) |
Minister of Defense | Minister of Defense |
Kwame Addo-Kufuor (NPP) (Brother of the President) (until July 31, 2007) ; Albert Kan-Dapaah (from August 1, 2007) |
William Ofori Boafo |
Minister for National Security | Minister of National Security |
Francis Poku (June 2006 to January 12, 2008) |
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Minister of Justice and the Prosecutor General | Attorney-General, Minister for Justice & Attorney General's Department |
Minister : Nii Ayikoi Otoo (independent) (until April 2006) ; Minister : Joe Ghartey (from April 2006); Minister of State : Ambrose Derry (from August 1, 2007) |
K. Osei Prempeh |
Minister for Local Administration and Rural Development | Minister of Local Government and Rural Development |
Charles Binipong Bintim (NPP) (August 2005) ; Stephen Asamoah-Boateng (January 2007 to July 31, 2007) ; Kwadjo Adjei Darko (from August 1, 2007) |
Abraham Dwuma Odoom (until July 31, 2007) ; Ignatius Kofi Poku-Adusei (until July 31, 2007) ; Vice Minister for Local Administration : Maxwell Kofi Jumah (from August 1, 2007) ; Vice Minister for Rural. Develop. and environmental protection : A. Awudu Yeremiah (from August 1, 2007) |
Takeover of the environmental protection department in April 2006: | |||
Minister for Local Administration, Rural Development and Environment | Minister of Local Government, Rural Development & Environment | ||
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
Felix Owusu-Adjapong (NPP) (until July 31, 2007) ; Abraham Osei Aidoo (from August 1, 2007) |
A. Awudu Yeremiah (until July 31, 2007) |
Minister for Food and Agriculture | Minister of Food and Agriculture | Ernest Akubuor Debrah (NPP) |
Clement Eledi ; Anna Nyamekye |
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning | Minister of Finance and Economic Planning |
Minister : Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu (NPP) died on September 24, 2008 in South Africa Minister of State : Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei (from August 1, 2007) |
Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei (May 2003 - July 31, 2007) ; George Yaw Gyan-Baffour |
Minister for Trade and Industry | Minister of Trade and Industry |
Alan Kyeremanteng (non-party, later NPP) (until July 23, 2007) ; Joe Baidoo-Ansah (from July 23, 2007) |
Kwadwo Afram Asiedu (until July 31, 2007) ; Gifty Ohene-Konadu ; Kwaku Agyaman-Manu ; Shirley A. Botchway |
later merged with the Ministry of Private Sector Development and PSI: | |||
Minister for Trade, Industry, the Private Sector and PSI (President's Special Initiatives) | Minister for Trade, Industry, Private Sector & PSI (Presidential Special Initiatives) | ||
Minister for Tourism and for the Modernization of the Capital | Minister of Tourism and the Modernization of the Capital City |
Jacob Okanka Obetsebi-Lamptey (NPP) (until July 31, 2007) ; Stephen Asamoah-Boateng (from August 1, 2007) |
Joe Baidoo-Ansah (until July 23, 2007) ; Kofi Osei-Ameyaw |
later renamed to: | |||
Minister for Tourism and Minority Affairs | Minister of Tourism and Diasporean Affairs | ||
Minister for Public Works and Housing | Minister of Works and Housing |
Minister : Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (NPP) (until July 31, 2007) ; Minister : Abubakar Saddique Boniface (from August 1, 2007) ; Minister of State : Cecilia Abena Dapaah (from August 1, 2007) |
Cecilia Abena Dapaah (until July 2007) ; Hon. Christopher Addae (dev.Christopher Addai) |
later renamed to: | |||
Minister for Water Resources, Public Works and Housing | Minister of Water Resources, Work and Housing | ||
Minister of Energy | Minister of Energy |
Mike Oquaye (NPP) (until April 2006) ; Joseph Kofi Adda (from April 2006) ; Albert Kan-Dapaah (January 2009) |
Hon. KT Hammond (until July 31, 2007) ; Hon. Kwame Amporfo Twumasi (from 1 August 2007) |
Minister of Land Use, Forestry and Mining | Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines |
Dominic K. Fobih (NPP) (until July 31, 2007) ; Esther Obeng Dappah (from August 1, 2007) |
A. Adjei-Yeboah , Rita Tani Iddi |
Minister for Education and Sport | Minister of Education and Sports |
Minister : Yaw Osafo-Maafo (NPP) (until April 2006) ; Minister : Papa Owusu-Ankomah (April 2006 - July 31, 2007) ; Minister : Dominic Fobih (from August 1, 2007) ; Minister of State for Education : Elizabeth Akua Ohene |
OB Amoah, Hon. Kwame Ampofo Twumasi (until July 31, 2007) ; Baiden Amissah |
Acquisition of the science department in April 2006: | |||
Minister for Education, Science and Sport | Minister of Education, Science & Sports | ||
Minister of Health | Minister of Health | (Major rtd.) Courage Quashigah (NPP) |
Dr. Gladys Norley Ashitey ; Samuel Owusu-Adjei (different from Samuel Owusu Agyei); Abraham Dwuma Odoom (from August 1, 2007) |
Minister for Women and Children | Minister of Women's and Children's Affairs | Hajia Alima Mahama (NPP) |
Daniel Dugan (from August 1, 2007) |
Minister for Fisheries | Minister of Fisheries | Gladys Asmah (NPP) |
Daniel Dugan (until July 31, 2007) ; Ignatius Kofi Poku-Adusei (from August 1, 2007) |
Minister for Information | Minister of Information |
Daniel Kwaku Botwe (NPP) (August 2005) ; Kwamina Bartels (July 2006 until July 31, 2007) ; Florence Oboshie Sai-Coffie (from August 1, 2007) |
Florence Oboshie Sai-Coffie (until July 31, 2007) ; Frank Agyekum (from August 1, 2007) |
later renamed to: | |||
Minister for Information and National Orientation | Minister of Information and National Orientation | ||
Non-Cabinet Ministries | |||
Minister of Communication | Minister of Communications |
Albert Kan-Dapaah (NPP) (until April 2006) ; Mike Oquaye (April 2006 - July 31, 2007) ; Dr. Benjamin Aggrey Ntim (from August 1, 2007) |
Dr. Benjamin Aggrey Ntim (March 2005 - July 31, 2007) ; F. Opare-Ansah (from August 1, 2007) |
Minister for Labor, Youth and Employment | Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment |
Joseph Kofi Adda (NPP) (August 2005) ; Boniface Saddique (August 2005 to July 31, 2007) ; Nana Akomea (from August 1, 2007) |
Akosua Frema Osei-Opare , Hon. Dr. Brempong Yeboah |
later renamed to: | |||
Minister for Vocational Training and Employment | Minister for Manpower Development & Employment | ||
Minister for Ports and Railways | Minister of Ports, Harbors and Railways | Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi (NPP) | Sophia Horner-Sam |
later renamed to: | |||
Minister for Ports and Railways | Minister for Ports & Railways | ||
Minister for Road Transport | Minister of Road Transport |
Minister of State : Dr. Richard Winfred Anane (NPP); Minister of State ad interim : Felix Owusu-Adjapong (until July 17, 2007) ; Minister of State : Godfred T. Boyon (from July 17, 2007) |
Magnus E. Opare-Asamoah |
later renamed to: | |||
Minister of State for Transport | Minister of State for Transportation | ||
Minister of State for Public Service Reform | Minister of State in charge of Public Sector Reform |
Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom (until July 2007) ; Samuel Owusu Agyei (from August 1, 2007) |
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later renamed to: | |||
Minister for Public Service Reform | Minister for Public Sector Reform | ||
Minister for Presidential Affairs and Minister for Aviation and Chief of Staff of the Presidency | Minister of Presidential Affairs, Minister of Aviation and Chief of Staff |
Kwadwo Mpiani (NPP) (until April 2006) ; Gloria Akuffo (from April 2006) |
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from April 2006 only: | |||
Minister of State for Aviation | Minister of State: Aviation | ||
Minister of State for Culture and Chief Affairs | Minister of state: Culture & Chieftaincy | Sampson Kwaku Boafo | |
Minister of State in the President's Office | Ministers of State at the President's Office |
Charles Bintim ; Elizabeth Akua Ohene (2005 - July 2007) ; Kwadjo Adjei Darko (from 2005) ; Yaw Barimah (in August 2007) |
Mercy Bampoe-Addo |
Minister of State without department | Minister of State Without Portfolio | Theresa Amerley Tagoe (?) | |
Dissolution and amalgamation of ministries in April 2006 | |||
Minister for Private Sector Development and Special Initiatives of the President (PSI) | Minister of Private-Sector Development and Presidential Special Initiatives (PSI) | Kwamina Bartels (NPP) | |
Merged with the Ministry of Trade and Industry in April 2006 | |||
Minister for Regional Cooperation and NEPAD | Minister of Regional Co-operation and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) | Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku | |
Merged with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in April 2006 | |||
Ministry of Science and Environment | Minister of Science and the Environment |
Christine Churcher (NPP) (2005-2006) ; Rashid Bawa (2006) |
Gheysika Adombire Agambila |
Dissolution April 2006, the science department was taken over by the Ministry of Education, the environmental protection department was transferred to the Ministry of Local Administration and Rural Development |
Regional minister
Regional Minister of Ghana since 2005 | |||
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region | Regional minister | Vice Regional Minister | |
Ashanti region | Emmanuel Asamoah Owusu-Ansah |
L. Akwasi Prempeh , Osei Assibey Antwi (from August 1, 2007) |
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Brong Ahafo region |
Nana Kwadwo Seinti (2005 - 2006) , Ignatius Baffour-Awuah (from 2006) |
A. Kwadwo Kwakye | |
Central region | Nana Ato Arthur | Samuel K. Oboday | |
Eastern region |
Yaw Barimah (2005 - July 31, 2007) , Kwadwo Afram Asiedu (from August 1, 2007) |
Suzie Mensah , Asamoah Ofosu (from August 1, 2007) |
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Greater Accra | Sheikh Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye | Theresa Amerley Tagoe | |
Northern region |
Saddique Boniface (2005 - 2006) , Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris (from 2006) |
Issah Ketekewu , Mohammed Amin Adam (from August 1, 2007) |
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Upper East |
Boniface Agambila (2005 - July 31, 2007) , Alhassan Samani (from August 1, 2007) |
A. Awudu Yeremiah , (until July 31, 2007) Agnes A. Chigabatia (from August 1, 2007) |
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Upper West |
Ambrose Derry (February 2005 - July 31, 2007) , George Hikah Benson (from August 1, 2007) |
George Hikah Benson (2005 - July 31, 2007) , Winifred Asibi Dy-Yakah (from August 1, 2007) |
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Volta region | Kofi Dzamesi | Jeseph Kwaku Nyan | |
Western region |
Joseph Boahen Aidoo (2005 to 2006) , A. Evans Amoah (from 2006) |
Kwesi Blay |
Others
Secretary to the President ( Secretary to the President ):
- DK Osei (since early 2001)
Chief of Staff for President ( Chief of Staff ):
Press Secretary to the President and Government Spokesman ( Press Secretary to the President and Government Spokesman ):
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York :
Speaker of Parliament ( Speaker of Parliament ):
Chief Justice ( Chief Justice ) :
- George Kingsley Acquah (until April 2007)
- Georgina Theodora Wood (since July 2007)
Governor of the Bank of Ghana ( Governor of the Bank of Ghana ):
See also
- Constitution of Ghana
- List of presidents of Ghana
- List of Foreign Ministers of Ghana
- List of Ghanaian politicians
- List of political parties in Ghana
- Political system of Ghana
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- French Embassy, Accra, 1st August 2007
- Africa South of the Sahara (London), 30 (2001) 563; 34 (2005) 509f .; 35 (2006) 535
Web links
- Worldstatesmen.org
- Official government website, Minister ( Memento of May 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Vice Minister 2003
- Cabinet 2005
- official website of the Ghanaian government in January 2007
- Government reshuffle August 2007