Limann government

This is a listing of the ministers who served in Limann's People's National Party government during the Third Republic of Ghana. The Third Republic was inaugurated on 24 September 1979. It ended with the coup on 31 December 1981, which brought the Provisional National Defence Council of Jerry Rawlings to power.

List of ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Time frame	Notes
President	Hilla Limann	September, 1979 – 31 December 1981
Vice President	Joseph W. S. de-Graft Johnson	September, 1979 – 31 December 1981
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Isaac Chinebuah [1]	September, 1979 – 31 December 1981
Minister for Interior	Ekow Daniels [1]	September, 1979 – October 1981
	Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah	October 1981 – 31 December 1981
Minister for Defence	S. K. Riley-Poku [1] [2] [3]	September, 1979 – December 1981
Attorney General and Minister for Justice	Joe Reindorf [4]	September, 1979 – October 1981
	Archibald Lartey Djabatey	October 1981 – 31 December 1981
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning	Amon Nikoi [1]	1979 – May 1981
	George Benneh	May 1981 – 31 December 1981
Minister for Health	Michael Paul Ansah	1979 – 1981
	Kwamena Ocran [1]	August 1981 – 31 December 1981
Minister for Local Government	Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah	September 1979 – October 1981
Minister for Education, Culture and Sports	Kwamena Ocran	September 1979 – 1980
	Francis Kwame Buah	1980 – 1981
Minister for Agriculture [5]	E. Kwaku Twumasi	1979 – ?
	E. Kwaku Andah [4]	? – December 1980
	Nelson Agbesi	December 1980 – December 1981
Minister for Trade and Tourism	Francis Kwame Buah [1]	1979 – 1980
	Vincent Bulla [1]	1980 – December 1981
Minister for Transport and Communications	Harry Sawyerr [1]	September 1979 – December 1981
Minister for Works and Housing	Colonel David Zanlerigu [1]	1979 – ?
	Felix Amoah	? – ?
Minister for Industries, Science and Technology	Vincent Bulla [1]	September 1979 – 1980
	Col. David Zanlerigu [1]	1980 – August 1981
	Michael Paul Ansah	August 1981 – December 1981
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources	E. F. Yeboah Acheampong	? – ?
Minister for Labour, Youth and Social Welfare	Frank Q. Amega [6]	1979 – ?
	Adisa Munkaila	November 1980 – December 1981
Minister for Information, Presidential Affairs and Special Initiatives	John S. Nabila [4] [1]	September 1979 - 1980
Minister for Fuel and Energy	George Benneh	1979 - November 1980
	F. Wulff Tagoe	November 1980 – ?
Minister for Youth and Rural Development	E. Kwaku Andah	? – ?
Minister for Information and Tourism	Yaw Opoku Afriyie	? – ?
Minister for Culture and Sport	Thomas G. Abilla	? – ?
Regional Ministers
Ashanti Regional Minister	J. O. Afram	? – ?
Brong Ahafo Region	E. K. Twumasi(MP) S.G. Arthur( Deputy Minister)	? – ?	Dep:
Central Regional Minister	Kankam da Costa	? – ?
Eastern Regional Minister	F. K. B. Amoah	? – ?
Greater Accra Regional Minister	I. T. Torto [7] [8]	? – December 1981
Northern Regional Minister	Alhaji I. Haruna [4]	c. 1980
Upper Region	G. Nango	? – ?
Volta Regional Minister	Nelson Agbesi (MP) [9]	December 1979 – December 1980 [10]
	F. Q. Amegah	? – ?
Western Region	Sam Cudjoe	? – ?

See also

• People's National Party

References

1. "Ministerial Appointments - Names for Approval". Ghana News. 8 (9). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana. September 1979. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
2. Ghana News, Volumes 8-12. USA: Embassy of Ghana (USA). 1979. p. 147. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
3. "MINISTER FOR DEFENCE". www.mod.gov.gh. Ghana Government. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
4. Apponsah, Kwamena (1 February 1980). "President Arrives in Tamale". Daily Graphic. No. 9106. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
5. "Former Heads of MoFA". Official website. Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
6. "Youth Farms' Scheme Explained". Ghana News. 9 (5). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 2. May 1980. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
7. "Exercise Restraint. Limann Tells Ghanaian Workers". Daily Graphic. No. 9132. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 3 March 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 11 April 2020. Also in the picture are I. T. Torto (extreme left), Greater Accra Regional Minister
8. "Trial Census Begins in Aug". Ghana News. 10 (8). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 6. August 1981. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
9. "Set Up Watch C'ttees". Daily Graphic. No. 9106. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 1 February 1980. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
10. "Debates of 30 Jun 2016". Odekro. Accra: Parliament of Ghana. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

Preceded by Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (1979)

Government of Ghana 1979 – 1981

Succeeded by Provisional National Defence Council (1981-1993)