Minister for Transport (Ghana)

The Minister for Transport in Ghana is the political head of the Ministry of Transport of Ghana. The scope of the responsibilities of this position has varied over the years. Since 2009, the Ministries of Aviation, Harbours and Railways and the Road Transport Services have been covered by one single agency, the Ministry of Transport.{{cite web |title=Ministry of Transport - Ghana - about ministry of transport |url=http://mot.gov.gh/2/about-ministry-of-transport |website=mot.gov.gh |publisher=Ministry of Transport, Ghana |access-date=8 December 2021}} In previous years, the position had often been known as the Minister for Transport and Communications. In 2014, the Communications section of the Ministry was merged with the Ministry of Information to form a new Ministry of Communications with its own substantive minister, the Minister for Communications.{{cite web|title=Mahama announces first ministerial reshuffle|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=267365|work=General news|publisher=Ghana Home Page|access-date=8 December 2021|date=11 March 2013|archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002141737/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=267365|url-status=dead}}

List of ministers

Number ! Minister ! Took office ! Left office ! Government ! Party
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1	Krobo Edusei (Minister for Transport and Communications)			rowspan=2\| Nkrumah government	rowspan=2\| Convention People's Party
2	A. J. Dowuona-Hammond (MP){{cite book \|title=Ghana Year Book 1966 \|date=1966 \|publisher=Daily Graphic \|location=Accra \|page=20 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8C8uAQAAIAAJ&q=AMOAKO+ATTA \|access-date=8 December 2021}} (Minister for Transport and Communications)	1964	Feb 1966
3	Patrick Dankwa Anin (Minister for Communications)	1966	1968	rowspan=2\| National Liberation Council	rowspan=2\| Military government
4	Matthew Poku (Minister for Communications)	1966	1968
5	Harona Esseku (MP){{cite book \|last1=Paxton (ed) \|first1=J. \|editor1-first=John \|editor1-last=Paxton \|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1970-71 \|url=https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9780230270992 \|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK \|access-date=8 December 2021 \|page=407 \|language=en \|doi=10.1057/9780230270992 \|date=25 August 1970\|isbn=9780230270992 }} (Minister for Transport and Communications)	1969	1971	rowspan=2\| Busia government	rowspan=2\| Progress Party
6	Jatoe Kaleo (MP) (Minister for Transport and Communications)	1971	Jan 1972
7	Lt. Colonel Anthony Selormey{{cite book \|title=Jubilee Ghana: a 50-year news journey thro' graphic \|date=2006 \|publisher=Graphic Communications Group Ltd. \|location=Accra \|isbn=9988809786 \|page=188}} (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)	1972	1973	rowspan=3\| National Redemption Council	rowspan=8\| Military government
8	Kwame Asante{{cite journal \|title=Asante Resigns \|journal=Ghana News \|date=30 April 1974 \|volume=6 \|issue=6/74 \|page=2 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEEuAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22major+kwame+asante%22&pg=RA1-PA2 \|access-date=7 January 2022}} (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)	1973	1974
9	Colonel Peter Kwame Agyekum (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)	1974	Oct 1975
10	Colonel David A. Iddisah (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)	Oct 1975		rowspan=4\| Supreme Military Council
11	Group Captain T. T. Kutin (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)
12	Eric R.K. Dwemoh (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)
rowspan=2\| 13	rowspan=2\| George Harlley (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)	1978{{cite journal \|title=Commissioners of State as at Sept. 1, 1978 \|journal=Ghana News \|date=September 1978 \|volume=7 \|issue=8 \|page=13 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEIuAQAAIAAJ&dq=G+K+Amevor&pg=RA20-PA13 \|access-date=8 December 2021 \|publisher=Embassy of Ghana \|location=Washington DC}}	Jun 1979
Jun 1979{{cite journal \|title=New Portfolios For Commissioners \|journal=Ghana News \|date=July 1979 \|volume=8 \|issue=7 \|page=10 \|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XAwbx_PKGxsC&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PP81 \|access-date=8 December 2021 \|publisher=Embassy of Ghana \|location=Washington}}	Sep 1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
14	Harry Sawyerr{{cite journal\| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEIuAQAAIAAJ&q=bye+elections\| title = Parliament Approves Appointments of Ministers and Deputies\|journal= Ghana News\| volume = 8\|issue=10 \|pages = 6\|date = November 1979 \|access-date=8 December 2021}} (Minister for Transport and Communications)	1979	Dec 1981	Limann government	People's National Party
15	Mahama Iddrisu (Secretary for Transport and Communications)	1983	1986	rowspan=4\| Provisional National Defence Council	rowspan=4\| Military government
16	Kwame M. Peprah{{cite journal \|title=PNDC Secretaries \|journal=Ghana News \|date=May 1986 \|volume=15 \|issue=5 \|page=2 \|publisher=Embassy of Ghana \|location=Washington D C}} (Secretary for Transport and Communications)	1986	1987
17	Yaw Donkor (Secretary for Transport and Communications)	1987	1992
18	Kwame M. Peprah (Secretary for Transport and Communications)	1992	Jan 1993
rowspan=2\|19	rowspan=2\| Edward Salia (Minister for Transport and Communications) (Minister for Roads and Transport)	1993	1997	rowspan=2\| Rawlings government	rowspan=2\| National Democratic Congress
1997	Jan 2001
20	Felix Owusu-Adjapong (Minister for Transport and Communications)	2001	2003	rowspan=4 \|Kufuor government	rowspan=4 \| New Patriotic Party
21	Richard Anane (Minister for Roads, Highways and Transport)	Apr 2003{{cite web \|title=Government names new Cabinet \|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=34819 \|website=GhanaWeb \|access-date=9 December 2021 \|language=en \|date=1 April 2003}}	Oct 2006{{cite web \|title=President accepts Anane's resignation \|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=111575 \|website=GhanaWeb \|access-date=9 December 2021 \|language=en \|date=4 October 2006}}
\| 22	Vacant	Oct 2006	2007
23	Godfred T. Bonyon{{cite web \|title=Ghana News Agency \|url=http://www.ghananewsagency.org/?s=bV4EjEpg&r=q*nq \|website=www.gna.org.gh \|access-date=9 December 2021 \|date=1 August 2007}} (Minister for Roads and Highways)	Aug 2007	Jan 2009
24	Mike Hammah (MP)	2009	2011	rowspan=2\| Mills government	rowspan=2\| National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
rowspan=2\| 25	rowspan=2\| Collins Dauda (MP)	Jan 2011	Jul 2012
Jul 2012	Jan 2013	rowspan=3\| Mahama government	rowspan=3\| National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
26	Dzifa Attivor{{cite web \|title=Transport Minister resigns over bus branding scandal \|url=http://citifmonline.com/2015/12/23/transport-minister-resigns-over-bus-re-branding-scandal/ \|website=Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always \|access-date=9 December 2021 \|date=23 December 2015}}	Feb 2013	Dec 2015
27	Fiifi Kwetey{{cite web \|title=Fifi's Journey: How Well Do You Know Hon Fifi Fiavi Franklin Kwetey? \|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/958188/fis-journey-how-well-do-you-know-hon-fifi-fiavi.html \|website=Modern Ghana \|access-date=31 December 2021 \|language=en}}	Feb 2016	Jan 2017
28	Kwaku Ofori Asiamah	Feb 2017	Jan 2025	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
29 \|Joseph Nike Bukari{{Cite web \|last=Services \|first=Compu-IT Consultancy \|title=NEWLY SWORN IN TRANSPORT MINISTER ASSUMES OFFICE \|url=https://www.mot.gov.gh/10/16/1/194/newly-sworn-in-transport-minister-assumes-office \|access-date=2025-02-20 \|website=Ministry of Transport \|language=english}} \|Feb 2025 \|Incumbent \|Mahama government from 2025 \|National Democratic Congress (Ghana)

References

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