Ghana’s cabinet ministers under President John Dramani Mahama. It reflects latest changes, from the reshuffles of 7 and 26 August 2026 (new ministers were sworn in on 29 August).

Sector ministers

1. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa: Minister for Foreign Affairs
2. Cassiel Ato Forson: Minister for Finance and Economic Planning
3. Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka: Minister for the Interior
4. Kenneth Gilbert Adjei: Minister for Defence
5. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine: Attorney General and Minister for Justice
6. Haruna Iddrisu: Minister for Education
7. Eric Opoku: Minister for Food and Agriculture
8. Emelia Arthur: Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture
9. Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare: Minister for Trade and Industry
10. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh: Minister for Health
11. Samuel Nartey George: Minister for Communications, Digitalisation and Innovations
12. John Abdulai Jinapor: Minister for Energy
13. Joseph Bukari Nikpe: Minister for Transport
14. Kwame Governs Agbodza: Minister for Roads and Highways
15. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah: Minister for Lands and Natural Resources
16. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings: Minister for Environment, Science and Technology
17. Mahama Ayariga: Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs
18. Dzifa Gomashie: Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts
19. Emmanuel Kwadwo-Agyekum: Minister for Labour, Jobs and Employment
20. Ahmed Ibrahim: Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources
21. George Opare Addo: Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment
22. Kofi Iddie Adams: Minister for Sports and Recreation
23. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey: Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection

Ministers of State

• Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo: Minister of State for Special Initiatives
• Felix Kwakye Ofosu: Minister of State for Government Communications
• Issifu Seidu: Minister of State in charge of Climate Change and Sustainability
• Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba: Minister of State for Public Sector Reforms

Regional ministers

• Ahafo: Charity Gardiner
• Ashanti: Frank Amoakohene
• Bono: Joseph Addae Akwaboa
• Bono East: Francis Owusu Antwi
• Central: Eduamoah Ekow Panyin Okyere
• Eastern: Rita Akosua Awatey
• Greater Accra: Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo
• Northern: Ali Adolf John
• North East: Tia Ibrahim
• Oti: John Kwadwo Gyapong
• Savannah: Salisu Be-Awuribe Issifu
• Upper East: Akamugri Atanga Donatus
• Upper West: Puozuing Charles Lwanga
• Volta: James Gunu
• Western: Joseph Nelson
• Western North: Wilbert Petty Brentum

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• Leadership: Mahama has been President since 7 January 2025, with Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as Vice President.
• Return to office: This is his second spell as president. He served after the death of John Atta Mills in 2012, lost the 2016 election, and returned after beating the NPP’s Mahamudu Bawumia in the 2024 election. He represents the National Democratic Congress.
• Lean government: Mahama promised to cap the number of ministers at 60, fewer than under Akufo-Addo. Early in his term he cut the number of ministries from 30 to 23 by scrapping or merging seven. Ghana Fact counts 23 substantive ministers, 4 ministers of state and 16 regional ministers.
• Approval process: Nominees go before the Appointments Committee of Parliament for vetting. The first ministers were sworn in on 22 January 2025, and the total reached 42 by 7 February 2025.
• 2025 helicopter crash: Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed died in a helicopter crash in August 2025. Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson then acted as Defence Minister.
• August 2026 changes:
  • On 7 August 2026, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei moved from Works, Housing and Water Resources to head Defence, and Ahmed Ibrahim took over his old ministry.
  • Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings (Environment, Science and Technology) and Mahama Ayariga, the Parliamentary Majority Leader (Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs), were nominated, then sworn in on 29 August.

• On 26 August, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo and Emmanuel Kwadwo-Agyekum swapped posts. Pelpuo moved from Labour to Special Initiatives.