Minister for Food and Agriculture (Ghana)

The Minister for Food and Agriculture is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The Minister is responsible to government and the Parliament of Ghana for the development of Ghana's agriculture and maintaining food security in Ghana. This minister has in the past been also responsible for a Ministry of Cocoa Affairs which has now been absorbed back into the Ministry of Agriculture.

List of ministers

The first Ghanaian to head this ministry was Boahene Yeboah-Afari. The current minister is Owusu Afriyie Akoto (MP).[1][2]

Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party
1Boahene Yeboah-Afari19561956Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Francis Yao Asare19571960
3Kojo Botsio19601962
4Lawrence Rosario Abavana19621962
5Krobo Edusei19631965
6F. A. Jantuah196524 February 1966
7Jacob Ofori Torto19671968National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
8Albert Adomakoh19681969
9Kankam Twum Barima1969Busia governmentProgress Party
10Kwame Safo-Adu13 January 1972
11Major-General Daniel Addo19721973National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
12Colonel Frank Bernasko19731975
19751976Supreme Military Council
13Lt. Col. Paul Kwame Nkegbe19771979
14Major General Neville Alexander Odartey-Wellington19791979
15Colonel Samuel Akwagiram19794 June 1979
16Abayifa Karbo19791979Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
17E. Kwaku Twumasi1979Limann governmentPeople's National Party
18E. K. AndahDecember 1980
19Nelson AgbesiDecember 198031 December 1981
20Eugene Bortei-Doku[3]Jan 1982Dec 1983Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
21John Ndebugre19841985
22Isaac Adjei-Marfo19851986
23Steve Obimpeh19861992
24Ibrahim Issaka Adam19927 January 1993
19931996Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
25Steve Obimpeh (MP)19961997
26Kwabena Agyei (MP)19971998
27J. H. Owusu-Acheampong (MP)19987 January 2001
28Courage Quashigah1 February 2001[4]2005Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
29Ernest Akubuor Debrah1 February 2005[5]7 January 2009
30Kwesi Ahwoi200924 October 2012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
24 October 20127 January 2013Mahama government
31Clement Kofi Humado (MP)30 January 201316 July 2014
32Fiifi Fiavi Franklin Kwetey (MP)16 July 20143 February 2016
33Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna3 February 20167 January 2017
34Owusu Afriyie Akoto (MP)28 January 2017[6]2023Akufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party
35Bryan Acheampong (MP)24 March 2023[7]Incumbent

See also

References

  1. "Parliament approves first batch of Ministers". General news. Ghana Home Page. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  2. "'Think outside the box'- Mahama urges Ministers". General news. Ghana Home Page. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  3. 1984 Training for Agriculture and Rural Development. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1985. p. 87. ISBN 978-92-5-102139-2. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. "Eleven Ministers Sworn-in". General news. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  5. "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". General news. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  6. "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb. Ghanaweb. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  7. Daniel Kenu; Nana Konadu Agyeman (24 March 2023). "K.T. Hammond, Bryan Acheampong, Asamoah Boateng others approved as ministers". Graphic Online. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Limited. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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