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John Dramani Mahama

The term Mahama Government denotes the Sixth Government of the Fourth Republic of Ghana . It was formed by John Dramani Mahama , who emerged from the presidential elections in Ghana on December 7, 2012 as the clear winner. Mahama had already assumed office as President of the Republic of Ghana on July 25, 2012 after the death of then President John Evans Atta-Mills (July 24, 2012). John Dramani Mahama took the oath of office as President of the Republic of Ghana on January 7, 2013. After by-elections had to be held in three constituencies, the ministers and their deputies were confirmed and sworn in as the new government by the Ghanaian parliament at the end of January and in the course of February 2013 .

Sixth Government of the Fourth Republic of Ghana (2012-2013)

minister

Ministerial office official title minister
president President John Dramani Mahama
Vice President Vice president Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
Cabinet Ministers
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Muhammad Mumuni
Minister of the Interior Minister of Interior William Kwasi Aboah
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Kwabena Duffour
Minister of Defense Minister for Defense Joseph Henry Smith
Attorney General and Minister of Justice Attorney General and Minister of Justice Benjamin Kunbuor
Minister for Trade and Industry Minister for Trade and Industry Hanna Tetteh
Minister for Food and Agriculture Minister for Food and Agriculture Kwesi Ahwoi
Minister for Land Use and Natural Resources Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Mike Allen Hammah
Minister of Energy Minister for Energy Joe Oteng-Adjei
Minister of Transport Minister for Transport Collins Dauda
Minister for Roads and Highways Minister for Roads and Highways Joe Kwashie Gidisu
Minister of Education Minister of Education Lee Ocran
Minister of Environment, Science and Technology Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Shirley Ayitey
Minister for Employment and State Welfare Services Minister for Employment and Social Welfare Moses Asaga
Minister for Local Administration and Rural Development Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo
Minister for Water Resources, Public Works and Housing Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing Enoch Teye Mensah
Minister for Women and Children Minister for Women and Children's Affairs Juliana Jocelyn Azumah-Mensah
Minister of Communication Minister for Communications Haruna Iddrisu
Minister of Health Minister for Health Joseph Yieleh-Chireh
Non-Cabinet Ministers
Minister for Tourism Minister for Tourism Akua Dansua
Minister for Information Minister for Information Fritz Baffour
Minister for Youth and Sport Minister for Youth and Sports Clement Kofi Humado
Minister for Chief Affairs and Culture Minister for Culture and Chieftaincy Alexander Asum-Ahensah

Regional minister

region minister
Ashanti region Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah
Brong-Ahafo region Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo
Central region Ama Benyiwa-Doe
Eastern region Victor Emmanuel Smith
Greater Accra Region Nii Armah Ashitey
Northern region Moses Magbenba
Upper East Region Mark Woyongo
Upper West Region Amin Amidu Sulemana
Volta region Henry Ford Kamel († December 25, 2012)
Western region Paul Evans Aidoo

Seventh Government of the Fourth Republic of Ghana (2013-2016)

minister

Government of Ghana 2013-2016
Ministerial office official title minister Vice Minister
president President John Dramani Mahama
Vice President Vice president Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
Cabinet Ministers (Cabinet Minister)
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (Wife) Hannah Tetteh Thomas Kwesi Quartey
Minister of Defense Minister of Defense Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor Ebenezer Okletey Tei Larbi (until June 1, 2014) ,
Alexander Segbefia
Minister of the Interior Minister of Interior Mark Owen Woyongo James Agalga
Minister of Finance Minister of Finances Seth Terkper Kweku Rickets Hagan (Jan 2013 - June 1, 2014) ,
Cassiel Ato Forson ,
(wife) Mona Quartey (from June 1, 2014)
Attorney General and
Minister of Justice 		Attorney General and
Minister of Justice 		(Wife) Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong Dominic Ayine
Minister for Trade and Industry Minister of Trade and Industry Ekwow Spio-Garbrah Nii Lante Vanderpuye (January 2013 - June 1, 2014) ,
Kweku Rickets Hagan (from June 1, 2014) ,
Murtala Mohammed
Minister for Energy and Petroleum Minister of Energy and Petroleum Emmanuel Armarh Kofi Buah John Abdulai Jinapor ,
Benjamin Dagadu
Minister for Food and Agriculture Minister of Food and Agriculture Fiifi Fiavi Franklin Kwetey (from June 28, 2014) (Wife) Hannah Louisa Bisiw ,
Alhassan Ahmed Yakubu
Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (Wife) Hanny Sherry Ayittey Aquinas Tawiah-Quansah
(Jan 2013 - June 1, 2014) ,
(wife) Benita Sena Okity-Duah (from June 1, 2014)
Minister of Health Minister of Health Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah Alfred Tia Sugri (until June 1, 2014) ,
Victor Asare Bampoe (from June 1, 2014)
Minister for Water Resources, Public Works and Housing Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing (Alhaji) Collins Dauda Vincent Oppong-Asamoah (until June 28, 2014) ,
Samson Ahi ,
Johnny Osei Kofi
Minister for Land Use and Natural Resources Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Nii Osah Mills (Mrs.) Barbara Serwaa Asamoah ,
Ebenezer Okletey Tei Larbi (from June 1, 2014)
Minister for Local Administration and Rural Development Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Akwasi Oppong Fosu (until May 30, 2014) ;
Julius Debrah 		Baba Jamal (until July 15, 2014) ,
Emmanuel Agyekum ,
Edwin Nii Vandepuye
Minister of Transport Minister of Transport (Wife) Dzifa Attivor (Wife) Joyce Bawa Mogtari
Minister for Roads and Highways Minister of Roads and Highways (Alhaji) Insuah Fuseini Isaac Adjei-Mensah
Minister of Communication Minister of Communication Edward Omane Boamah Felix Kwakye Ofosu ,
Ato Sarpong
Minister for Information Minister of Information Mahama Ayariga (until June 28, 2014)  
Minister of Education Minister of Education (Woman) (Naana) Jane Opoku-Agyemang Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa ,
Alex Kyeremeh
Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation. Akwasi Oppong-Fosu (Mrs.) Bernice Heloo ,
Musheibu Mohammed-Alfa (until June 1, 2014) ,
Alfred Tia Sugri (from June 1, 2014)
Minister for Women and Children Minister of Women and Children's Affairs (Woman) (Naana) Oye Lithur (Mrs.) Benita Sena Okity-Duah
(Jan 2013 - June 1, 2014)

(Mrs.) Dela Sowah (from June 1, 2014) ,
Joseph Alexander Ackon (from June 28, 2014)

later renamed to:
Minister for Gender Equality, Children and Social Security Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection
Minister for Employment and Social Welfare Minister of Employment and Social Welfare Haruna Iddrisu (until July 15, 2014,
again from November 1, 2014) ,
Baba Jamal (from July 16, 2014 - October 31, 2014 (?)) 		 
later renamed to:
Minister for Employment and Labor Relations Minister of Employment and Labor Relations
newly created on November 21, 2014: Kwabena Donkor  
Minister for Electric Energy Minister of Power
Non-Cabinet Ministers (Non-Cabinet Minister)
Minister for Chief and Tradition Affairs Minister of Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs (Wife) Henry Saidu Daanaa Effah Baafi ,
Joseph Alexander Ackon (until June 1, 2014)
Minister for Youth and Sport Minister of Youth and Sports Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah (until June 28, 2014) ,
Mahama Ayariga (from June 28, 2014) 		Joseph Yammin (until June 28, 2014) ,
Vincent Oppong-Asamoah
(from June 28, 2014)
Minister for Tourism, Culture and the Creative Arts Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts (Wife) Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare Dzifa Abla Gomashie-Ahiaglo

In addition, as Minister of State at the Presidency, without any further identification of their department :

Regional minister

Regional Minister of Ghana 2013-2016
region Regional minister Vice Regional Minister
Ashanti region Samuel Sarpong ,
Joseph Alexander Ackon
(until June 28, 2014) ,
Joseph Yammin (from June 28, 2014) 		Joseph Alexander Ackon (from June 1, 2014)
Brong-Ahafo region Eric Opoku Samuel Adje
Central region Aquinas Tawiah-Quansah
(from June 1, 2014) 		(Woman) Maame Pokua Sawyerr
Eastern region Antwi Boasieko Sekyere (Wife) Mavis Ama Frimpong
Greater Accra Region Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo Isaac Nii Djanmah Vanderpuye
Northern region (Alhaji) Limuna Mohammed Muniru ABA Fusein
Upper East Region Ephraim Avea Nsoh Daniel Awenyue-Syme
Upper West Region (Alhaji) Amin Amidu Sulemana Musheibu Mohammed-Alfa (from June 1, 2014)
Volta region (Wife) Helen Adjoa Ntoso Francis Ganyaglo
Western region Paul Evans Aidoo Alfred Ekow Gyan

Members of the Council of State

According to the Ghanaian constitution, the Council of State of the Republic of Ghana consists of 25 people. It consists of a former presiding judge in the Supreme Court, one ex-commanding officer of the army and one of the police, the President of the National House of Chiefs , an elected representative from each region, and eleven members appointed by the President.

State Council of Ghana 2013 to 2016
No. Surname Reason for appointment
1 unoccupied former Chief Justice
2 Seth Kofi Above Retired General and Ex-Commander of the Ghana Armed Forces
3 Christopher Kobla Dewornu former Police Inspector General
4th John Nabilla President of the National Council of Chiefs
5 (Nana) Osei Asibley the "Otumfo Deebuasohene" of the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi ,
appointed by the President
6th John Henry Martey Newman appointed by the President
7th Rabiatu Deinyo Ammah appointed by the President
8th (Wife) Cecilia Johnson appointed by the President
9 Patrick Enyonam Agboba
(= Togbe Sri III.) 		appointed by the President
10 Rasheed Sulemana Mahama appointed by the President
11 Okogyeman Kwaku Gyamprah III. appointed by the President
12 David Kangah appointed by the President
13 (Wife) Ama Benyiwa-Doe appointed by the President
14th (Sir) Edward Nminyuor Gyader appointed by the President
15th Abraham Kwaku Adusei Pastor appointed by the President
16 (Nana) Asiama Poku Afrifa II. Representative of the Ashanti region
17th (Nana) Saa Gyamfuaa II. Representative of the Brong-Ahafo region
18th Percival Alfred Kuranchie Representative of the Central Region
19th (Nana) Kodua Kesse II. Representative of the Eastern Region
20th Emmanuel Adzei Anang Representative of the Greater Accra Region
21st (Vo-Naa) Bawah Mohammed Baba Representative of the Northern Region
22nd Jacob Kofi Ayeebo Pastor, representative of the Upper East Region
23 (Guli-Naa) Seidu Bhat Braimah Representative of the Upper West Region
24 Torgbui Binah Lawluvi VI. Representative of the Volta Region
25th George Kofi Dadzie Representative of the Western Region

Remarks

  • "Alhaji" (actually "al-hájí"; female "Hajia") is an addition to the name of Arabic origin in the Islamic world, which means "the pilgrim" and denotes someone who has already made a pilgrimage ("Hajj") to Mecca ( and also completed).
  • "Nana" = title among the Akan peoples, denotes the head of a matrilineal family clan, also: "Clan elder"
  • "Naa" = title of a chief (regional or ethnic) ("King of ..."; "Lord of ..." or similar) among the Dagomba , Mossi and other ethnic groups in the north of present-day Ghana and in Burkina Faso ; With the Ga , "Naa" is the title of a grandfather or a grandmother and as such is also an honorable address for older, venerable people.
  • The Manhyia Palace in Kumasi is the traditional residence of the Asantehene (King of Ashanti) .

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