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The Chief of Staff of Ghana is the coordinator of the supporting staff and the primary aide-de-camp of the President of Ghana.The chief of staff provides a buffer between the President and that executive's direct-reporting team. The chiefs of staff also acts as a confidant and advisor to the President, acting as a sounding board for ideas.
| Name | Profession | Period | President served |
|---|---|---|---|
| LT. COL. S. B Baryeh [1] | Military officer | January 1992- July 1997 | Jerry John Rawlings |
| Nana Ato Dadzie | Lawyer, Politician | July 1997- January 2001 | Jerry John Rawlings |
| Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey | Media Executive, Politician | January 2001 - 2001 | John Kufuor |
| Kwadwo Mpiani [2] | Financial consultant, Politician | 2001 - January 2009 | John Agyekum Kufuor |
| John Henry Martey Newman [3] [4] | Lawyer, administrator | January 2009 - January 2013 | John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama |
| Prosper Douglas Bani [5] [6] [7] | International development manager | January 2013 - February 2015 | John Dramani Mahama |
| Julius Debrah [8] [7] | Politician | February 2015 - January 2017 | |
| Akosua Frema Osei-Opare [9] | Politician | January 2017 - January 2025 | Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo |
| Julius Debrah [10] | Politician | January 2025- | John Dramani Mahama |
Wesley Girls' High School (WGHS) is an educational institution for girls in Cape Coast in the Central region of Ghana. It was founded in 1836 by Harriet Wrigley, the wife of a Methodist minister. The school is named after the founder of Methodism, John Wesley.
Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang is a Ghanaian academic and politician who currently serves as the eighth vice president of Ghana under President John Mahama since 7 January 2025. She previously served as Minister for Education from February 2013 to January 2017 under President Mahama's first administration. She is a professor of literature, and served as the first female Vice-Chancellor of a state university in Ghana when she took over as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast. She served as the Chancellor of the Women's University in Africa in Zimbabwe until her resignation in August 2024.
The Council of State in Ghana is a small body of prominent citizens, analogous to the Council of Elders in the traditional political system, which advises the president on national issues.
Paul Victor ObengKSG also known as P. V. Obeng was a Ghanaian mechanical engineer and politician. He was the chairman of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology council. In 2010, he was appointed by the President John Atta Mills administration as Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). Until his death, he was the Senior Presidential Adviser at Presidency to President John Dramani Mahama. He served under President's Jerry John Rawlings, John Evans Atta Mills and John Dramani Mahama in different capacities. He was a member and coordinating secretary and chairman of the Committee of Secretaries of the Provisional National Defence Council. He died on 17 May 2014.
The Minister for the Interior is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Interior. He is thus responsible for internal security and law and order in Ghana. The most recent person in this position is Hon.Ambrose Dery. The position has also been known as Minister for Internal Affairs in the past.
Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, is a Ghanaian female legal practitioner, a former Attorney General of Ghana and Minister for Justice. She was appointed by President Mahama in 2013. She is the second woman to hold this office in Ghana, the first being Betty Mould-Iddrisu. Her tenure as attorney general ended on 6 January 2017. She was appointed to the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce from 1 July 2018 for a three-year term. She is Honorary Council Member of the Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA).
John Henry Martey Newman is a Ghanaian administrator, lawyer and a former Chief of Staff of Ghana. He was appointed by President John Atta Mills in 2009 and served in that capacity even after the death of the president in 2012.
Prosper Douglas Kwaku Bani is a Ghanaian international aid and development manager and politician who is a former Chief of staff of Ghana and a former Minister for Interior. He is a senior manager and specialist in international peace-building and development processes. For over 15 years, he led innovative processes in peace and development with the United Nations in several locations, worldwide.
Julius Debrah is a Ghanaian politician and chief of staff to the president of Ghana John Dramani Mahama. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He is the current Chief of Staff of the Republic of Ghana. In February 2015, he was appointed chief of staff after the former, Prosper Douglas Bani was removed from office and assigned to as Ambassador Extraordinaire and Plenipotentiary. Debrah previously held the positions of Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Regional Minister for Eastern Region.
Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu is a Ghanaian politician who was a member of the Provisional National Defence Council and a former Minister for Defence. He is a founding member of the National Democratic Congress. He is the longest-serving Minister of Defence of Ghana, serving from 1985 to 1999, for 14 years.
Samuel Abu Jinapor, is a Ghanaian lawyer and a politician. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the Member of Parliament for the Damongo Constituency. In 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo appointed him as Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations at the Office of the President, at the age of 33, the youngest in the history of Ghana to occupy such a position. He is currently the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources.
Nana Bediatuo Asante is a Ghanaian administrator, lawyer and consultant. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He is the Executive Secretary to the former president of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo.
Sulley Gariba was a policy analyst and evaluation specialist who served as an advisor to the former president of Ghana John Dramani Mahama from 2009 to 2017. He monitored and evaluated poverty reduction in the Canadian International Development.
Said Sinare is a Ghanaian diplomat and politician, who is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He is currently a National Vice Chairman of the party. He is a former member of parliament for Ayawaso Central Constituency. He is also a former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Sinare is an investigator and the founder of Zongo for NDC, a group to help advocate to Muslims and period within the Zongos in Ghana.
Victor Emmanuel Smith is a Ghanaian diplomat and politician, who is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He served as Ghana's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2014 and 2017. He also served as Ghana's ambassador to the Czech Republic during John Evans Atta Mills government.
Ohene Kwame Frimpong is a Ghanaian entrepreneur and politician. He is the member of parliament for the Asante-Akyem North constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
In Ghana, a presidential transition is the process during which the president-elect of Ghana prepares to take over the administration of the Republic of Ghana from the incumbent president. The transition formally starts when the electoral commission of Ghana declares an "apparent winner" of the election thereby releasing the funds appropriated by the parliament of Ghana for the transition, and continues until inauguration day, when the president elect takes the oath of office, at which point the powers, immunities, and responsibilities of the presidency are legally transferred to the new president.
Victoria Emeafa Hardcastle is a Ghanaian lawyer, energy expert and legal practitioner. In January 2025, John Mahama appointed her as acting chief executive officer of the Petroleum Commission.
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