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 minister is usually one of the most senior members of Cabinet.
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 Ghanaian Foreign Ministers

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1Kwame Nkrumah 19571958Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
2Kojo Botsio 19581959Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
3Ako Adjei 19591960Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
4Imoru Egala 19601961Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
5Ako Adjei 19611962Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
6Dr. Kwame Nkrumah 19621963Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
7Kojo Botsio 19631965Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
8Alex Quaison-Sackey 196524 February 1966Nkrumah governmentConvention Peoples' Party
9Lt. Gen. Joseph A. Ankrah19661967National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
10John Willie Kofi Harlley19671968National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
11Patrick Dankwa Anin 19691969Busia governmentProgress Party
12Victor Owusu 19691969Busia governmentProgress Party
13Patrick Dankwa Anin 19691969Busia governmentProgress Party
14Victor Owusu 19691971Busia governmentProgress Party
15William Ofori Atta 197113 January 1972Busia governmentProgress Party
16Major General Nathan Apea Aferi19721972National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
17Lt. Colonel Kwame R.M. Baah19721975National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
18Colonel Roger Felli19754 June 1979Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
19Mrs. Gloria Amon Nikoi197924 September 1979Armed Forces Revolutionary CouncilMilitary government
20Dr. Isaac K. Chinebuah 197931 December 1981Limann governmentPeoples National Party
21Obed Asamoah19827 January 1993Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
21Obed Asamoah7 January 19931997Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
22Kwamena Ahwoi19971997Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
23James Victor Gbeho19977 January 2001Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
24Hackman Owusu-Agyeman 20012003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
25Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo 2003July 2007Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
26Akwasi Osei-Adjei 20077 January 2009Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
27Muhammad Mumuni200924 July 2012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
27Muhammad Mumuni24 July 20127 January 2013Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
28Hanna Tetteh 30 January 20136 January 2017Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
29Shirley Ayorkor Botchway 28 January 2017IncumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party