Kufuor government

This is a list of the ministers who have served in John Kufuor's New Patriotic Party government during the Fourth Republic of Ghana. This government started on January 7, 2001, the first changeover between civilian governments in Ghana through the ballot box. John Kufuor won the 2004 elections and served his second term of office ending January 2009.

List of ministers of state (2001–2005)

Portfolio Minister Time frame Notes
PresidentJohn KufuorJan 2001 - Jan 2005
Vice PresidentAliu MahamaJan 2001 - Jan 2005
Minister for Foreign AffairsHackman Owusu-Agyeman
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
[1] 2001 Apr 2003
[2] Apr 2003 2007
Minister for InteriorMalik Al-Hassan Yakubu
Hackman Owusu-Agyeman
[1] 2001 2002[3]
[2] 2003 2005
Resigned following Yendi conflict
Minister for Finance and Economic PlanningYaw Osafo-Maafo[1] 2001 2005
Minister for DefenceKwame Addo-Kufuor[4][1] 7 Jan 2001 6 Aug 2007
Attorney General and Minister for JusticeNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Papa Owusu Ankomah
[1] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 2005
Minister for Education later
Minister for Education, Youth and Sports
Prof. Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi
Kwadwo Baah Wiredu
[5] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 2005
Minister for HealthRichard Winfred Anane
Dr. Kwaku Afriyie
[5] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 2005
Minister for Food and AgricultureMajor Courage Quashigah[1] 2001 2005
Minister for FisheriesIshmael Ashitey[6] 2001 2005
Minister for Trade and IndustryDr. Kofi Konadu Apraku
Alan Kyeremanteng
[1] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 2007
Ministry for Local Government and Rural DevelopmentKwadwo Baah-Wiredu
Kwadwo Adjei Darko
[1] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 2005
Minister for Manpower Development and EmploymentCecilia Ladze Bannermann
Yaw Barimah
[6] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 2005
Minister for EnergyAlbert Kan Dapaah
Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom (CPP)
[5] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 2005
Minister for MinesCecilia Ladze Bannermann[2] 2003 2005
Minister for Lands, Mines and ForestryDr. Kwaku Afriyie
Prof. Dominic Fobih
[5] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 present
Minister for Works and HousingKwamena Bartels
Alhaji Mustapha Idris Ali
[5] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 2005
Minister for Women and Children's AffairsMrs. Gladys Asmah[1] 2001 2005
Minister for Tourism later
Minister for Tourism and Modernisation of the Capital City
Hawa Yakubu
Jake Obetsebi Lamptey
[5] 2001 May 2002[7]
[2] 2003 2007
Minister for Environment, Science and Technology later
Minister for Science and Environment
Prof. Dominic Kwaku Fobih
Prof. Mike Oquaye
Prof. Kasim Kasanga
[1] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 2005
Minister for Public Sector Reform and National Institutional Renewal ProgrammeJoseph Henry Mensah[2] 2003 2005
Minister for Presidential AffairsJake Obetsebi Lamptey[5] 2001 2003
Minister for Parliamentary AffairsFelix Owusu-Adjapong[2] 2003 2007
Minister and Leader of Government BusinessJoseph Henry Mensah[1] 2001 2003
Minister for Roads, Highways later
Minister for Roads, Highways and Transport
Kwadwo Adjei-Darko
Richard Winfred Anane
[5] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 2006[8]
Minister for Ports, Harbours and RailwaysProf.Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi[2] 2003 present
Minister for Regional Co-Operation and NEPADDr. Paa Kwesi Nduom (CPP)
Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku
? 2003
[2] 2003 2006[9]
Minister for Transport and CommunicationsFelix Owusu-Adjapong[6] 2001 2003
Minister for Communications and TechnologyAlbert Kan Dapaah[2] 2003 2006
Minister for Private Sector DevelopmentCharles Omar Nyannor
Kwamena Bartels
[5] 2001 2003
[2] 2003 ?
Minister for InformationJake Obetsebi Lamptey
Nana Akomea
? 2003
[2] 2003 2005
Minister for Youth and SportsAlhaji Mallam Issah[10]2001
Minister of State (media relations)Elizabeth Ohene[5] 2001 ?
Minister of State for primary, secondary and girl-child educationChristine Churcher[6] 2001 2005
Regional Ministers
Ashanti Regional MinisterSampson Kwaku Boafo
Brong Ahafo RegionErnest Debrah
Central RegionIsaac Edumadze
Eastern RegionDr. S.K. Osafo Mensah
Greater Accra Regional MinisterSheikh I.C. Quaye
Northern RegionPrince Imoru Andani
Ben Salifu
2001 2002[3]
2002 ?
Resigned following Yendi conflict
Upper East RegionMohamed Salifu
Upper West RegionMogtari Sahanun
Volta Regional MinisterKwasi Owusu-Yeboah
Western RegionJoseph Boahen Aidoo
  • NB. There was a cabinet reshuffle on April 1, 2003.[2]

List of ministers of state (2005–2009)

Portfolio Minister Time frame Notes
PresidentJohn KufuorJanuary 2001 January 2009
Vice PresidentAliu MahamaJanuary 2001 January 2009
Minister for Foreign Affairs later
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD[9]
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Akwasi Osei-Agyei
[11] Apr 2003 Jul 2007
[12] Jul 2007 January 2009
Minister for InteriorPapa Owusu-Ankomah
Albert Kan Dapaah
Kwamena Bartels
Kwame Addo-Kufuor
[11] 2005 2006
[9] 2006 2007
[13] 2007 2008
[14] 2008 January 2009
Minister for Finance and Economic PlanningKwadwo Baah Wiredu
Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei
[11] 2005 2007
[12] 2007 January 2009
Minister for DefenceKwame Addo-Kufuor[11][4]
Albert Kan Dapaah[4]
2001 2007
6 Aug 2007 6 Jan 2009
Minister for National Security[9]Francis Poku[9] 2006 January 2009New portfolio
Attorney General and Minister for JusticeJ. Ayikoi Otoo
Joe Ghartey
Ambrose Dery
[11] 2005 2006
[9] 2006 2007
[13] 2007 January 2009
Minister for HealthMajor Courage Quashigah (rtd)[11] 2005 January 2009
Minister for Education and Sports later Minister for Education, Science and Sports[9]Yaw Osafo-Maafo
Papa Owusu Ankomah
Dominic Fobi
[11] 2005 2006
[9] 2006 2007
[13] 2007 January 2009
Minister for Food and AgricultureErnest Akubuor Debrah[11] 2005 January 2009
Minister for FisheriesGladys Asmah[11] 2005 January 2009
Minister for Trade and Industry (later)
Minister for Trade and Industry, Private Sector Development and President's Special Initiative[9]
Alan Kyeremanteng
Joe Baidoo Ansah
Papa Owusu Ankomah
[11] 2003 2007
[12] 2007 2008
[14] 2008 January 2009
Minister for Private Sector Development & President's Special InitiativeKwamena Bartels[11] 2005 2006Ministry merged with Trade and Industry
Minister for Local Government and Rural Development later Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Environment[9]Charles Bimpong Bintim
Stephen Asamoah-Boateng
Kwadwo Adjei-Darko
[11] 2005 2006
[9] 2006 2007
[13] 2007 January 2009
Minister for Information later
Minister for Information and National Orientation[9]
Daniel Kwaku Botwe
Kwamena Bartels
Florence Oboshie Sai-Coffie

Stephen Asamoah Boateng[15]

[11] 2005 2006
[9] 2006 2007
[12] 2007 2008

2008 January 2009

Minister for Tourism and Modernisation of the Capital City later
Minister for Tourism and Diasporean Relations[9]
Jake Obetsebi Lamptey
Stephen Asamoah-Boateng

Florence Oboshie Sai-Coffie[16]

[11] 2003 2007
[13] 2007 2008

2008 January 2009

Minister for Works and Housing later Minister for Water Resources, Works and HousingHackman Owusu-Agyeman
Boniface Abubakar Saddique
[11] 2005 2007
[13] 2007 January 2009
Minister for Public Sector ReformDr. Paa Kwesi Nduom (CPP)
Samuel Owusu-Agyei
[9] 2005 2007[17]
[12] 2007 January 2009
Minister for CommunicationAlbert Kan Dapaah
Prof. Mike Oquaye
Dr. Ben Aggrey Ntim
[11] 2005 2006
[9] 2006 2007
[12] 2007 January 2009
Minister for Roads and HighwaysRichard Winfred Anane
vacant
Godfred T. Bonyon
[18] 2005 2006[8]
2006 2007
[13] 2007 January 2009
Resigned after adverse findings against him by the CHRAJ.
Minister for Ports, Harbours and RailwaysProf.Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi[11]2001 January 2009
Minister for Aviation[9]Gloria Akuffo[9] 2006 January 2009Newly created ministry
Minister for EnergyProf. Mike Oquaye
Joseph Kofi Adda
Felix Owusu-Adjapong
[11] 2005 2006
[9] 2006 2008
[14] 2008 January 2009
Minister for Lands, Forestry and MinesProf. Dominic Fobih
Esther Obeng Dapaah
[11] 2003 2007
[13] 2007 January 2009
Minister for Environment and ScienceChristine Churcher[18] 2005 2006[9]
Minister for Regional Co-Operation and NEPADDr. Kofi Konadu Apraku[2] 2003 2006[9]
Minister for Women and Children's AffairsHajia Alima Mahama[11] 2005 January 2009
Minister for Manpower Development and Employment now
Ministry for Manpower, Youth and Employment
Joseph Kofi Adda
Boniface Abubakar Saddique
Nana Akomea
[11] 2005 2006
[9] 2006 2007
[12] 2007 January 2009
Minister of State for Culture and Chieftaincy[19]Sampson Kwaku Boafo[19] 2006 January 2009New portfolio
Minister for Presidential AffairsKwadwo Mpiani[19]2005 January 2009
Minister for Parliamentary AffairsFelix Owusu-Adjapong
Abraham Ossei Aidooh[11]
2001 2007
[13] 2007 January 2009
Senior MinisterJoseph Henry Mensah[11] 2005 2006[19]
Regional Ministers
Ashanti Regional MinisterSampson Kwaku Boafo
Emmanuel A. Owusu-Ansah
[11] 2005 2006
[19] 2006 January 2009
Brong Ahafo RegionNana Kwadwo Seinti
Ignatius Baffour Awuah
[11] 2005 2006
[19] 2006 January 2009
Central RegionIsaac E. Edumadze
Nana Ato Arthur
[18] 2005 2006
[19] 2006 January 2009
Eastern RegionYaw Barimah
Kwadwo Afram Asiedu
[11] 2005 2007
[12] 2007 January 2009
Greater Accra Regional MinisterShiekh Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye[18] 2005 January 2009
Northern RegionBoniface Abubakar Saddique
Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris
[11] 2005 2006
[19] 2006 January 2009
Upper East RegionBoniface Agambila
Alhassan Samari
[11] 2005 2007
[12] 2007 January 2009
Upper West RegionAmbrose Dery
George Hikah Benson
[11] 2005 2007
[12] 2007 January 2009
Volta Regional MinisterKofi Dzamesi[11] 2005 January 2009
Western RegionJoseph Boahen Aidoo
Evans A. Amoah
[11] 2005 2006
[19] 2006 January 2009

There was a cabinet reshuffle on 28 April 2006.[9]
There was a second cabinet reshuffle to release ministers with presidential ambitions in July 2007.[12]

See also

References

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Preceded by
Rawlings government (1993–2001)
Government of Ghana
2001–2009
Succeeded by
Mills government (2009–2012)
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