Minister for Transport (Ghana)

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The Minister for Transport in Ghana is the political head of the Ministry of Transport of Ghana. The scope of the responsibilities of this position has varied over the years. Since 2009, the Ministries of Aviation, Harbours and Railways and the Road Transport Services have been covered by one single agency, the Ministry of Transport. [1] In previous years, the position had often been known as the Minister for Transport and Communications. In 2014, the Communications section of the Ministry was merged with the Ministry of Information to form a new Ministry of Communications with its own substantive minister, the Minister for Communications. [2]

List of ministers

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1 Krobo Edusei
(Minister for Transport and Communications)
Nkrumah government Convention People's Party
2 A. J. Dowuona-Hammond (MP) [3]
(Minister for Transport and Communications)
1964Feb 1966
3 Patrick Dankwa Anin
(Minister for Communications)
19661968 National Liberation Council Military government
4 Matthew Poku
(Minister for Communications)
19661968
5 Harona Esseku (MP) [4]
(Minister for Transport and Communications)
19691971 Busia government Progress Party
6 Jatoe Kaleo (MP)
(Minister for Transport and Communications)
1971Jan 1972
7 Lt. Colonel Anthony Selormey [5]
(Commissioner for Transport and Communications)
19721973 National Redemption Council Military government
8 Kwame Asante [6]
(Commissioner for Transport and Communications)
19731974
9Colonel Peter Kwame Agyekum
(Commissioner for Transport and Communications)
1974Oct 1975
10Colonel David A. Iddisah
(Commissioner for Transport and Communications)
Oct 1975 Supreme Military Council
11Group Captain T. T. Kutin
(Commissioner for Transport and Communications)
12Eric R.K. Dwemoh
(Commissioner for Transport and Communications)
13George Harlley
(Commissioner for Transport and Communications)
1978 [7] Jun 1979
Jun 1979 [8] Sep 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
14 Harry Sawyerr [9]
(Minister for Transport and Communications)
1979Dec 1981 Limann government People's National Party
15 Mahama Iddrisu
(Secretary for Transport and Communications)
19831986 Provisional National Defence Council Military government
16Kwame M. Peprah [10]
(Secretary for Transport and Communications)
19861987
17Yaw Donkor
(Secretary for Transport and Communications)
19871992
18Kwame M. Peprah
(Secretary for Transport and Communications)
1992Jan 1993
19 Edward Salia
(Minister for Transport and Communications)
(Minister for Roads and Transport)
19931997 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
1997Jan 2001
20 Felix Owusu-Adjapong
(Minister for Transport and Communications)
20012003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
21 Richard Anane
(Minister for Roads, Highways and Transport)
Apr 2003 [11] Oct 2006 [12]
22VacantOct 20062007
23Godfred T. Bonyon [13]
(Minister for Roads and Highways)
Aug 2007Jan 2009
24 Mike Hammah (MP)20092011 Mills government National Democratic Congress
25 Collins Dauda (MP)Jan 2011Jul 2012
Jul 2012Jan 2013 Mahama government National Democratic Congress
26 Dzifa Attivor [14] Feb 2013Dec 2015
27 Fiifi Kwetey [15] Feb 2016Jan 2017
28 Kweku Asiamah Feb 2017Incumbent Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party

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