Minister for Finance and Economic Planning
{{Politics of Ghana}}{{Short description|Finance minister of Ghana}}
The Minister for Finance and Economic Planning is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Finance of Ghana. The Minister for Finance since January 2025 is Cassiel Ato Forson. Kwesi Botchwey stayed in office the longest (1982 to 1995), first under Jerry Rawlings as Secretary for Finance in the PNDC military government and then as Minister for Finance in the constitutionally elected Rawlings government at the beginning of the Fourth Republic and was in charge of the Economic Recovery Programme under the auspices of the World Bank which oversaw major economic reform in Ghana.
List of ministers
The first Ghanaian to head this ministry is Komla Agbeli Gbedemah who assumed this position in 1954 when the Britain allowed Kwame Nkrumah to form a government prior to gaining full independence in 1957. The Ministry has at various times been designated as Ministry of Finance or as it is currently, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
Provisional National Defence Council || Military government|-
| 1993 || 1995 ||rowspan=2| Rawlings government || rowspan=2| National Democratic Congress
|-
| 13 || Richard Kwame Peprah || 1995 || 2001
|-
| 14 || Yaw Osafo-Maafo || 2001 ||2005 || rowspan=3 | Kufuor government || rowspan=3| New Patriotic Party
|-
| 15 || Kwadwo Baah Wiredu || 2005 || 2007
|-
| 16 || Anthony Akoto Osei || 2007 || 2009
|-
| rowspan=2| 17 || rowspan=2| Kwabena Duffuor || 2009 || 2012 || Mills government || rowspan=3 | National Democratic Congress
|-
| 2012 || 2013 || rowspan=2| Mahama government
|-
|18 || Seth Terkper || 2013 || 6 January 2017
|-
| 19 || Ken Ofori-Atta{{cite web|title=Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Nana-Addo-swears-in-12-ministers-504701|website=Ghanaweb|accessdate=16 November 2017|date=28 January 2017}} || 27 January 2017 || February 2024 || rowspan=2 |Akufo-Addo government || rowspan=2 |New Patriotic Party
|-
| 20 || Mohammed Amin Adam{{cite web |title=Dr Amin Adam takes over from Ofori-Atta as new Finance Minister - MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/dr-amin-adam-takes-over-from-ofori-atta-as-new-finance-minister/ |website=www.myjoyonline.com |access-date=24 July 2024 |date=14 February 2024}}{{Cite news |date=14 February 2024 |title=Joy News |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/dr-amin-adam-takes-over-from-ofori-atta-as-new-finance-minister/ }} || February 2024 || 6 January 2025
|-
| 21 || Cassiel Ato Forson (MP){{cite web |title=President John Mahama swears in six Ministers following Parliamentary approval |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/president-john-mahama-swears-in-six-ministers-following-parliamentary-approval.html |website=Graphic Online |publisher=Graphic Communications Group Ltd |access-date=30 January 2025 |language=en-gb |date=22 January 2025}} || 22 January 2025 || Incumbent || Mahama 2nd government || National Democratic Congress
|}
See also
Notes
{{Note|1|a|}} - Kwesi Botchway has been the longest serving Finance Minister. He served from 1982 to 1993 under the PNDC government and from 1993 to 1995 in the same portfolio under the NDC government under Jerry Rawlings. In all he served a total of 13 years.