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 foreign minister is usually one of the most senior members of Cabinet. Under military regimes in Ghana, the title; minister has been replaced with commissioner or secretary.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs since January 2017 has been Honorable Shirley Ayorkor Botchway. The ministry is at present combined with other portfolios to form the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration under the government of Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party.

List of ministers

=Ministers of External Affairs=

Number ! width=200 \| Minister ! Took office ! Left office ! width=200 \| Government ! width=200 \| Party
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
1	Kwame Nkrumah (MP)	1957	1958	rowspan=4\| Nkrumah government	rowspan=4\|Convention Peoples' Party
2	Kojo Botsio (MP)	1958	1959
3	Ako Adjei (MP)	1959	1960
4	Imoru Egala (MP){{cite web \|title=Foreign ministers E-K \|url=http://rulers.org/fm2.html \|website=rulers.org \|publisher=B. Schemmel \|access-date=12 June 2020}}	1960	1961

=Ministers of Foreign Affairs=

Number ! width=200 \| Minister ! Took office ! Left office ! width=200 \| Government ! width=200 \| Party
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
1	Ako Adjei (MP)	1961	1962	rowspan=4\| Nkrumah government	rowspan=4\| Convention Peoples' Party
2	Kwame Nkrumah	1962	1963
3	Kojo Botsio (MP)	1963	1965
4	Alex Quaison-Sackey	1965	24 February 1966
5	Lt. Gen. Joseph A. Ankrah	1966	1967	rowspan=2 \| National Liberation Council	rowspan=2 \| Military government
6	John Willie Kofi Harlley	1967	1968
7	Patrick Dankwa Anin (MP)	1969	1969	rowspan=5\| Busia government	rowspan=5\| Progress Party
8	Victor Owusu (MP)	1969	1969
9	Patrick Dankwa Anin (MP)	1969	1969
10	Victor Owusu (MP)	1969	1971
11	William Ofori Atta (MP)	1971	13 January 1972
12	Major General Nathan Apea Aferi	1972	1972	rowspan=2\| National Redemption Council	rowspan=4\| Military government
13	Lt. Colonel Kwame R.M. Baah	1972	1975
14	Colonel Roger Felli	1975	4 June 1979	Supreme Military Council
15	Mrs. Gloria Amon NikoiMrs. 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.	1979	24 September 1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
16	Isaac Chinebuah	1979	31 December 1981	Limann government	Peoples National Party
17	rowspan=2 \| Obed Asamoah	1982	6 January 1993	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
18	7 January 1993	1997	rowspan=3\| Rawlings government	rowspan=3\| National Democratic Congress
19	Kwamena Ahwoi (acting)	1997	1997
20	James Victor Gbeho	1997	6 January 2001
21	Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (MP)	2001	2003	rowspan=3\|Kufuor government	rowspan=3\|New Patriotic Party
22	Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (MP)	2003	July 2007
23	Akwasi Osei-Adjei (MP){{cite news \|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=128196 \|title=Full list of Ministers and Regional Ministers out \|access-date=2007-08-02 \|work=General News of Tuesday, 31 July 2007 \|publisher=Ghana Home Page}}	2007	7 January 2009
rowspan=2\|24	rowspan=2\| Muhammad Mumuni	2009	24 July 2012	Mills government	rowspan=3\| National Democratic Congress
24 July 2012	6 January 2013	rowspan=2\| Mahama government
25	Hanna Tetteh (MP){{cite web\|title=Parliament approves first batch of Ministers\|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=263530\|work=General news\|publisher=Ghana Home Page\|access-date=31 January 2013 \|date=29 January 2013}}	30 January 2013	6 January 2017
26	Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (MP){{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\|publisher=Ghanaweb\|access-date=15 November 2017\|date=28 January 2017}}	28 January 2017	6 January 2025	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
27 \|Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa \| 7 February 2025{{cite web \|author1=Iddi Yire \|title=Mahama swears in 17 new Ministers, declaring no room for pomposity in his government \|url=https://gna.org.gh/2025/02/mahama-swears-in-17-new-ministers-declaring-no-room-for-pomposity-in-his-government/ \|website=Ghana News Agency \|access-date=12 February 2025 \|date=8 February 2025}}{{cite web \|title=Mahama swears in Sam George, Ablakwa, Akandoh, 14 other ministers \|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/1378072/mahama-swears-in-sam-george-ablakwa-akandoh.html \|website=Modern Ghana \|access-date=12 February 2025 \|language=en \|date=7 February 2025}} \| incumbent \|Mahama government from 2025 \|National Democratic Congress (Ghana)

Notes

External links and sources

[http://www.mfa.gov.gh/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, official Website]
[http://www.ghana.gov.gh/governing/ministers/addo.php Current Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Ghana government website]
[http://rulers.org/fm2.html Rulers.org - Foreign Ministers]

Category:Politics of Ghana

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