List of Mahama government ministers

Ministers (January 2013 onwards)

Nominations for vetting

Alhassan Azong (MP) — Public Sector Reform
Mustapha Ahmed — Development Authorities
Elvis Afriyie Ankrah — Financial and Allied institutions

Limuna Mohammed Muniru — Human Resource Development and Scholarships
Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah — Social and Allied institutions
Abdul Rashid Hassan Pelpuo (MP) — Public-Private Partnerships

Changes in government

Cabinet (Jan 2013 - Jan 2017)
Office(s)	Officeholder	Term
President	John Dramani Mahama	2012 – 2017
Vice President	Kwesi Amissah-Arthur^[1]	2012 – 2017
Cabinet Ministers
Office(s)	Officeholder	Term
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Hanna Tetteh (MP)	30 January 2013 – 2017
Minister for the Interior	Kwesi Ahwoi	14 February 2013– 16 July 2014
	Mark Owen Woyongo (MP)	16 July 2014 – 19 January 2016
	Prosper Douglas Bani^[2]^[3]	19 January 2016 – 6 January 2017
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning	Seth Terkper	30 January 2013 – 2017
Minister for Defence	Mark Owen Woyongo (MP)	14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Minister for Defence	Benjamin Kunbuor (MP)	16 July 2014 – 2017
Attorney General and Minister for Justice	Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong	14 February 2013 – 2017
Minister for Education	Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang	2013 – 2017
Minister for Food and Agriculture	Clement Kofi Humado (MP)	30 January 2013 – ?
Minister for Food and Agriculture	Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey (MP)	16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Trade and Industry	Haruna Iddrisu (MP)	14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Minister for Trade and Industry	Ekwow Spio-Garbrah	16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Health	Hanny-Sherry Ayittey^[4]	14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
	Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah^[4]	16 July 2014 – 14 March 2015
	Alex Segbefia	16 March 2015 – 2017
Minister for Information and Media Relations (merged with Minister for Communications from 16 July 2014)	Mahama Ayariga (MP)	30 January 2013 – 16 July 2014 (merged with Minister for Communications from 16 July 2014)
Minister for Local Government and Rural Development	Akwasi Oppong Fosu (MP)	2013 – 30 May 2014^[5]
	Julius Debrah	30 May 2014 – 2015
	Collins Dauda	2015 – 2017
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts	Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare	14 February 2013 – 2017
Minister for Energy and Petroleum	Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah (MP)	14 February 2013 – 2017
Minister for Transport	Dzifa Aku Ativor	14 February 2013 – 23 December 2015^[6]
Minister for Roads and Highways	Amin Amidu Sulemana (MP)	30 January 2013 – 16 July 2014^[4]
Minister for Roads and Highways	Inusah Fuseini (MP)	16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources	Inusah Fuseini (MP)	30 January 2013 – 16 July 2014
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources	Nii Osah Mills^[4]	16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Communications	Edward Omane Boamah	14 February 2013 – 7 January 2017
Minister for Environment, Science and Technology	Joe Oteng-Adjei	2013 – 16 July 2014
	Akwasi Oppong Fosu^[4]	16 July 2014 – 14 March 2015
	Mahama Ayariga (MP)	16 March 2015 – 2017
Minister for Employment and Labour Relations	Nii Armah Ashitey (MP)	14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Minister for Employment and Labour Relations	Haruna Iddrisu (MP)	16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing	Collins Dauda (MP)	30 January 2013 – 14 March 2015
Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing	Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah	16 March 2015 – 2017
Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development	Nayon Bilijo	14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development	Hanny-Sherry Ayitey^[4]	16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Youth and Sports	Elvis Afriyie Ankrah	14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
	Mahama Ayariga (MP)	16 July 2014 – 14 March 2015
	Mustapha Ahmed	15 March 2015 – 2017
Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection	Nana Oye Lithur	2013 – 2017
Minister for Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs	Henry Seidu Daanaa	14 February 2013 – 2017
Minister for Government Business in Parliament	Benjamin Kunbuor (MP)	14 February 2013 – 16 July 2014
Minister for Government Business in Parliament	Alban Bagbin (MP)	16 July 2014 – 2017
Minister for Power	Kwabena Donkor (MP)	2014 – 31 December 2015^[7]
Regional Ministers
Region	Officeholder	Term
Ashanti Regional Minister	Samuel Sarpong	14 February 2013 – 11 March 2013
	Eric Opoku	11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
	Samuel Sarpong	16 July 2014 – 14 March 2015
	Peter Anarfi-Mensah	16 March 2015 – 2017
Brong Ahafo Region	Eric Opoku	14 February 2013 – 11 March 2013
	Paul Evans Aidoo (MP)	11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
	Eric Opoku	16 July 2014 – 2017
Central Regional Minister	Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo	2013 – 11 March 2013
	Samuel Sarpong	11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
	Aquinas Tawiah Quansah (MP)	16 July 2014 – January 2016
	Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan (MP)	January 2016 – 2017
Eastern Region	Julius Debrah	2013 – 11 March 2013
	Helen Ntoso	11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
	Antwi Boasiako Sekyere	16 July 2014 – 2017
Greater Accra Regional Minister	Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo (MP)	14 February 2013 – 11 March 2013
	Julius Debrah	11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
	Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo (MP)	16 July 2014 – 2017
Northern Region	Moses Bukari Mabengba (acting)^[8]	7 January 2013 – 11 March 2013
	Bede Anwataazumo Ziedeng	11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
	Limuna Mohammed Muniru	16 July 2014 – January 2017
Upper East Region	Ephraim Avea Nsoh	2013 – 11 March 2013
	Limuna Mohammed Muniru (acting minister)	11 March 2013– 16 July 2014
	James Zuugah Tiigah^[4]	16 July 2014 – January 2017
Upper West Region	Bede Anwataazumo Ziedeng	2013 – 11 March 2013
	Ephraim Avea Nsoh	11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
	Amin Amidu Sulemana (MP)^[4]	16 July 2014 – January 2017
Volta Regional Minister	Helen Ntoso	2013 – 11 March 2013
	Joshua Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo	11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
	Helen Ntoso	16 July 2014 – January 2017
Western Region	Paul Evans Aidoo (MP)	14 February 2013 – 11 March 2013
	Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo	11 March 2013 – 16 July 2014
	Paul Evans Aidoo (MP)	16 July 2014 – January 2017

Ministers (July 2012 to January 2013)

Cabinet (Jul 2012 - Jan 2013)
President	John Dramani Mahama	2012 – January 2017
Vice President	Kwesi Amissah-Arthur^[1]	2012 – January 2017
Cabinet Ministers
Office(s)	Officeholder	Term
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration	Muhammad Mumuni	2012 – 2013
Minister for the Interior	William Kwasi Aboah	2012 – 2013
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning	Kwabena Dufuor	2012 – 2013
Minister for Defence	Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith	2012 – 2013
Attorney General and Minister for Justice	Benjamin Kunbuor	2012^[9]^[10] – 2013
Minister for Education	Lee Ocran	2012 – 2013
Minister for Food and Agriculture	Kwesi Ahwoi	2012 – 2013
Minister for Trade and Industry	Hanna Tetteh	2012 – 2013
Minister for Health	Alban Bagbin (MP)	2012 – 2013
Minister for Local Government and Rural Development	Samuel Kwame Ofosu-Ampofo	2012 – 2013
Minister for Tourism	Akua Sena Dansua (MP)	2012 – 2013
Minister for Energy	Joe Oteng-Adjei	2012 – 2013
Minister for Transport	Collins Dauda (MP)	2012 – 2013
Minister for Roads and Highways	Joe Kwashie Gidisu (MP)	2012 – 2013
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources	Mike Allen Hammah (MP)	2012 – 2013
Minister for Women and Children's Affairs	Juliana Azumah-Mensah (MP)	2012 – 2013
Minister for Communications	Haruna Iddrisu	2012 – 2013
Minister for Environment, Science and Technology	Sherry Ayitey	2012 – 2013
Minister for Information	Fritz Baffour (MP)	2012 – 2013
Minister for Employment and Social Welfare	Moses Asaga (MP)	2012 – 2013
Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing	Enoch Teye Mensah (MP)	2012 – 2013
Minister for Youth and Sports	Clement Kofi Humado (MP)	2012 – 2013
Minister for Chieftaincy and Culture	Alexander Asum-Ahensah (MP)	2012 – 2013
Regional Ministers
Region	Officeholder	Term
Ashanti Region	Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah	2012 – 2013
Brong Ahafo Region	Kwadwo Nyamekye Marfo	2012 – 2013
Central Regional Minister	Ama Benyiwa-Doe	2012 – 2013
Eastern Region	Victor Emmanuel Smith	2012 – 2013
Greater Accra Regional Minister	Nii Armah Ashitey	2012 – 2013
Northern Region	Moses Magbenba	2012 – 2013
Upper East Region	Mark Woyongo (MP)	2012 – 2013
Upper West Region	Amin Amidu Sulemana	2012 – 2013
Volta Regional Minister	Henry Ford Kamel (MP)	2012 – 25 Dec 2012

Visɔgɔ Lɔgerɔ

1 2 Amissah Arthur is Vice President. General news. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
↑ Tɛmpileti:Citation/core
↑ Mahama reshuffles Ministers: Prosper Bani makes comeback as new Interior Minister - MyJoyOnline.com (en-US) (19 January 2016).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reshuffle: Murtala, Oppong-Fosu, Nii Lantey reassigned (en) (9 June 2014).
↑ Local government minister sacked. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
↑ Afanyi-Dadzie, Ebenezer. Transport Minister resigns over bus branding scandal - citifmonline.
↑ Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor resigns.
↑ Bede Ziedeng takes over as Northern Regional Minister. Politics. ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
↑ Full Text Of Reshuffle By President Mills. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
↑ Mills meets Council of State Members, Ministers. Ghana Home Page (24 January 2012). Retrieved 27 January 2012.

[KAA-1] 1 2 Amissah Arthur is Vice President. General news. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

[2] Tɛmpileti:Citation/core

[3] Mahama reshuffles Ministers: Prosper Bani makes comeback as new Interior Minister - MyJoyOnline.com (en-US) (19 January 2016).

[june2014reshuffle-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reshuffle: Murtala, Oppong-Fosu, Nii Lantey reassigned (en) (9 June 2014).

[5] Local government minister sacked. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[6] Afanyi-Dadzie, Ebenezer. Transport Minister resigns over bus branding scandal - citifmonline.

[7] Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor resigns.

[8] Bede Ziedeng takes over as Northern Regional Minister. Politics. ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

[2012reshuffle-9] Full Text Of Reshuffle By President Mills. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

[10] Mills meets Council of State Members, Ministers. Ghana Home Page (24 January 2012). Retrieved 27 January 2012.

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