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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.[1] 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

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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.

Number  | Minister  | Took office  | Left office  | Government  | Party

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1 | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (MP)[2]
(First Ghanaian in this position) | 1954 | 1957 | Colonial government | Convention People's Party
1957 | 1961 | Nkrumah government
2 | Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka (MP)[3] | 8 May 1961 | 1964
3 | Kwesi Amoako-Atta (MP)[4] | 1964 | 1966
4 | Akwasi Afrifa[5]
Emmanuel Noi Omaboe[6] | 1966 | 1969 | National Liberation Council | Military government
5 | Joseph Henry Mensah[7] (MP) | 1969 | 1972 | Busia government | Progress Party (Ghana)
6 | Ignatius Kutu Acheampong[8] | 1972 | ? | National Redemption Council | Military government
7 | Amon Nikoi | ? | ?
8 | Robert K. A. Gardiner | 14 October 1975 | May 1978 | Supreme Military Council
9 | J. L. S. Abbey | ? | 1979
1979 | 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
10 | Amon Nikoi | 1979 | 1981 | Limann government | People's National Party
11 | George Benneh | 1981 | 1981
12 | Kwesi Botchweya | 1982 | 1993 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government
1993 | 1995 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress
13 | Richard Kwame Peprah | 1995 | 2001
14 | Yaw Osafo-Maafo | 2001 | 2005 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party
15 | Kwadwo Baah Wiredu | 2005 | 2007
16 | Anthony Akoto Osei | 2007 | 2009
17 | Kwabena Duffuor | 2009 | 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress
2012 | 2013 | Mahama government
18 | Seth Terkper | 2013 | 6 January 2017
19 | Ken Ofori-Atta[9] | 27 January 2017 | February 2024 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party
20 | Mohammed Amin Adam[10][11] | February 2024 | 6 January 2025
21 | Cassiel Ato Forson (MP)[1] | 22 January 2025 | Incumbent | Mahama 2nd government | National Democratic Congress

## See also

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* Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (Ghana)

## Notes

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^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.

## References

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1. ^ a b "President John Mahama swears in six Ministers following Parliamentary approval". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
2. ^ Ghana Year Book. Accra: Graphic Corporation. 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
3. ^ Ghana Year Book. Accra: Graphic Corporation. 1962. p. 206. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
4. ^ Jakande, L. K., ed. (1965). "List of Ministers". West Africa Annual (8). James Clarke: 77. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
5. ^ "Lt. Gen Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa Profile". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
6. ^ "Ghana Today" Volume 11. 1967. p. 4. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
7. ^ "Profile of the late Joseph Henry Mensah". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghana Web. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
8. ^ Paxton, J. (14 Sep 1972). The Statesman's Year-Book 1972-73. Macmillan. p. 309\. ISBN 978-0333124062. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
9. ^ "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
10. ^ "Dr Amin Adam takes over from Ofori-Atta as new Finance Minister - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
11. ^ "Joy News". 14 February 2024.

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