Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the country's foreign policy and international diplomacy. The minister is usually one of the most senior members of Cabinet.

The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Muhammad Mumuni. The ministry is at present combined with other portfolios to form the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration under the government of John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Party.

Contents

List of Ghanaian Foreign Ministers

Politician Party Time frame
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah(MP) Convention Peoples' Party 1957 - 1958
Kojo Botsio(MP) Convention Peoples' Party 1958 - 1959
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei(MP) Convention Peoples' Party 1959 - 1960
Imoru Egala Convention Peoples' Party 1960 - 1961
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei Convention Peoples' Party 1961 - 1962
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Convention Peoples' Party 1962 - 1963
Kojo Botsio Convention Peoples' Party 1963 - 1965
Alex Quaison-Sackey Convention Peoples' Party 1965 - 1966
Lt. Gen. Joseph A. Ankrah military-NLC 1966 - 1967
John Willie Kofi Harlley military-NLC 1967 - 1968
Patrick Dankwa Anin(MP) Progress Party 1969
Victor Owusu(MP) Progress Party 1969
Patrick Dankwa Anin(MP) Progress Party 1969
Victor Owusu(MP) Progress Party 1969 - 1971
William Ofori Atta(MP) Progress Party 1971 - 1972
Major General Nathan Apea Aferi military-NRC 1972
Lt. Colonel Kwame R.M. Baah military-NRC 1972 - 1975
Colonel Roger Felli military-SMC 1975 - 1979
Mrs. Gloria Amon Nikoi[1] military-AFRC 1979
Dr. Isaac K. Chinebuah(MP) Peoples National Party 1979 - 1981
Dr. Obed Asamoah military-PNDC
National Democratic Congress
1982 - 1993
1993 - 1997
Kwamena Ahwoi National Democratic Congress 1997
Victor Gbeho National Democratic Congress 1997 - 2001
Hackman Owusu-Agyeman(MP) New Patriotic Party 2001 - 2003
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo(MP) New Patriotic Party 2003 - July 2007
Akwasi Osei-Adjei[2] (MP) New Patriotic Party 2007 - 2009
Muhammad Mumuni National Democratic Congress 2009 – present

Notes

  1. ^ Mrs. Gloria Amon Nikoi was one of several senior civil servants who acted as ministers of state during the short rule of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council between 4 June 1979 and 24 September 1979.
  2. ^ "Full list of Ministers and Regional Ministers out". General News of Tuesday, 31 July 2007 (Ghana Home Page). http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=128196. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 

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