Minister for Food and Agriculture (Ghana)

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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
1 Boahene Yeboah-Afari 1956 1956 Nkrumah government Convention People's Party
2 Francis Yao Asare 1957 1960
3 Kojo Botsio 1960 1962
4 Lawrence Rosario Abavana 1962 1962
5 Krobo Edusei 1963 1965
6 F. A. Jantuah 1965 24 February 1966
7 Jacob Ofori Torto 1967 1968 National Liberation Council Military government
8 Albert Adomakoh 1968 1969
9 Kankam Twum Barima 1969 Busia government Progress Party
10 Kwame Safo-Adu 13 January 1972
11 Major-General Daniel Addo 1972 1973 National Redemption Council Military government
12 Colonel Frank Bernasko 1973 1975
1975 1976 Supreme Military Council
13 Lt. Col. Paul Kwame Nkegbe 1977 1979
14 Major General Neville Alexander Odartey-Wellington 1979 1979
15 Colonel Samuel Akwagiram 1979 4 June 1979
16 Abayifa Karbo 1979 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
17 E. Kwaku Twumasi 1979 Limann government People's National Party
18 E. K. Andah December 1980
19 Nelson Agbesi December 1980 31 December 1981
20 Eugene Bortei-Doku[3] Jan 1982 Dec 1983 Provisional National Defence Council Military government
21 John Ndebugre 1984 1985
22 Isaac Adjei-Marfo 1985 1986
23 Steve Obimpeh 1986 1992
24 Ibrahim Issaka Adam 1992 7 January 1993
1993 1996 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
25 Steve Obimpeh (MP) 1996 1997
26 Kwabena Agyei (MP) 1997 1998
27 J. H. Owusu-Acheampong (MP) 1998 7 January 2001
28 Courage Quashigah 1 February 2001[4] 2005 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
29 Ernest Akubuor Debrah 1 February 2005[5] 7 January 2009
30 Kwesi Ahwoi 2009 24 October 2012 Mills government National Democratic Congress
24 October 2012 7 January 2013 Mahama government
31 Clement Kofi Humado (MP) 30 January 2013 16 July 2014
32 Fiifi Fiavi Franklin Kwetey (MP) 16 July 2014 3 February 2016
33 Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna 3 February 2016 7 January 2017
34 Owusu Afriyie Akoto (MP) 28 January 2017[6] 2023 Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party
35 Bryan 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.