Limann government

{{Short description|Ministers who served in Limann's People's National Party government}}

{{Politics of Ghana}}

This is a listing of the ministers who served in Limann's People's National Party government during the Third Republic of Ghana. The Third Republic was inaugurated on 24 September 1979. It ended with the coup on 31 December 1981, which brought the Provisional National Defence Council of Jerry Rawlings to power.

List of ministers

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PresidentHilla LimannSeptember, 1979 – 31 December 1981
Vice PresidentJoseph W. S. de-Graft JohnsonSeptember, 1979 – 31 December 1981
Minister for Foreign AffairsIsaac ChinebuahSeptember, 1979 – 31 December 1981
rowspan=2|Minister for InteriorEkow Daniels{{cite journal |title=Ministerial Appointments - Names for Approval |journal=Ghana News |date=September 1979 |volume=8 |issue=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAwbx_PKGxsC&q=f+q+amega&pg=RA2-PA2 |access-date=7 January 2022 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC |language=en}}September, 1979 – October 1981
Kwame Sanaa-Poku JantuahOctober 1981 – 31 December 1981
Minister for DefenceS. K. Riley-Poku{{cite book |title=Ghana News, Volumes 8-12 |date=1979 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana (USA) |location=USA |page=147 |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XAwbx_PKGxsC&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PP151 |accessdate=3 February 2020}}{{cite web |title=MINISTER FOR DEFENCE |url=http://mod.gov.gh/mod/index.php/minister-for-defence/ |website=www.mod.gov.gh |publisher=Ghana Government |accessdate=19 March 2020 |archive-date=19 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319225009/http://mod.gov.gh/mod/index.php/minister-for-defence/ |url-status=dead }}September, 1979 – December 1981
rowspan=2| Attorney General and Minister for JusticeJoe Reindorf{{cite news |last1=Apponsah |first1=Kwamena |title=President Arrives in Tamale |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRQI9l1BAfUC&dq=%22nelson+agbesi%22+volta+minister&pg=PP3 |accessdate=31 July 2020 |work=Daily Graphic |issue=9106 |publisher=Graphic Communications Group Ltd |date=1 February 1980 |location=Accra}}September, 1979 – October 1981
| Archibald Lartey DjabateyOctober 1981 – 31 December 1981
rowspan=2| Minister for Finance and Economic PlanningAmon Nikoi1979 – May 1981
George BennehMay 1981 – 31 December 1981
rowspan=2| Minister for HealthMichael Paul Ansah1979 – 1981
| Kwamena OcranAugust 1981 – 31 December 1981
Minister for Local GovernmentKwame Sanaa-Poku JantuahSeptember 1979 – October 1981
rowspan=2|Minister for Education, Culture and SportsKwamena OcranSeptember 1979 – 1980
Francis Kwame Buah1980 – 1981
rowspan=3|Minister for Agriculture{{cite web |url=http://mofa.gov.gh/site/?page_id=6713 |title=Former Heads of MoFA |accessdate=7 August 2012 |work=Official website |publisher=Ministry of Food and Agriculture}}E. Kwaku Twumasi1979 – ?
E. Kwaku Andah? – December 1980
Nelson AgbesiDecember 1980 – December 1981
rowspan=2|Minister for Trade and TourismFrancis Kwame Buah1979 – 1980
| Vincent Bulla1980 – December 1981
Minister for Transport and CommunicationsHarry SawyerrSeptember 1979 – December 1981
rowspan=2| Minister for Works and HousingColonel David Zanlerigu 1979 – ?
|Felix Amoah? – ?
rowspan=3 |Minister for Industries, Science and TechnologyVincent BullaSeptember 1979 – 1980
| Col. David Zanlerigu 1980 – August 1981
|Michael Paul AnsahAugust 1981 – December 1981
Minister for Lands and Natural ResourcesE. F. Yeboah Acheampong? – ?
rowspan=2 | Minister for Labour, Youth and Social WelfareFrank Q. Amega{{cite journal |title=Youth Farms' Scheme Explained |journal=Ghana News |date=May 1980 |volume=9 |issue=5 |page=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAwbx_PKGxsC&q=f+q+amega&pg=RA2-PA2 |access-date=7 January 2022 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC |language=en}}1979 – ?
Adisa MunkailaNovember 1980 – December 1981
Minister for Information, Presidential Affairs and Special InitiativesJohn S. NabilaSeptember 1979 - 1980
rowspan=2|Minister for Fuel and EnergyGeorge Benneh1979 - November 1980
F. Wulff TagoeNovember 1980 – ?
Minister for Youth and Rural DevelopmentE. Kwaku Andah? – ?
Minister for Information and TourismYaw Opoku Afriyie? – ?
Minister for Culture and SportThomas G. Abilla? – ?
colspan=4 |Regional Ministers
Ashanti Regional MinisterJ. O. Afram? – ?
Brong Ahafo RegionE. K. Twumasi(MP) S.G. Arthur( Deputy Minister)? – ?Dep:
Central Regional MinisterKankam da Costa? – ?
Eastern Regional MinisterF. K. B. Amoah? – ?
Greater Accra Regional MinisterI. T. Torto{{cite news |title=Exercise Restraint. Limann Tells Ghanaian Workers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTb0zC_AppAC&dq=torto+greater+accra+regional+minister&pg=PA1 |accessdate=11 April 2020 |work=Daily Graphic |issue=9132 |publisher=Graphic Communications Group Ltd |date=3 March 1980 |location=Accra |page=1 |quote=Also in the picture are I. T. Torto (extreme left), Greater Accra Regional Minister}}{{cite journal |title=Trial Census Begins in Aug. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAwbx_PKGxsC&dq=torto+greater+accra+regional+minister&pg=RA15-PA6 |journal=Ghana News |date=August 1981 |volume=10 |issue=8 |page=6 |accessdate=11 April 2020 |publisher=Embassy of Ghana |location=Washington DC}}? – December 1981
Northern Regional MinisterAlhaji I. Haruna{{circa|1980}}
Upper RegionG. Nango? – ?
rowspan=2|Volta Regional MinisterNelson Agbesi (MP){{cite news |title=Set Up Watch C'ttees |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRQI9l1BAfUC&dq=%22nelson+agbesi%22+volta+minister&pg=PP3 |accessdate=31 July 2020 |work=Daily Graphic |issue=9106 |publisher=Graphic Communications Group Ltd |date=1 February 1980 |location=Accra}}December 1979 – December 1980{{cite web |title=Debates of 30 Jun 2016 |url=http://staging.odekro.org/hansard/sitting/parliament-house/2016-06-30-11-00-00 |website=Odekro |publisher=Parliament of Ghana |accessdate=31 July 2020 |location=Accra |date=30 June 2016}}
F. Q. Amegah? – ?
Western RegionSam Cudjoe? – ?

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