Minister for Transport (Ghana)

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

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
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)	1964	Feb 1966
3	Patrick Dankwa Anin (Minister for Communications)	1966	1968	National Liberation Council	Military government
4	Matthew Poku (Minister for Communications)	1966	1968
5	Harona Esseku (MP) [4] (Minister for Transport and Communications)	1969	1971	Busia government	Progress Party
6	Jatoe Kaleo (MP) (Minister for Transport and Communications)	1971	Jan 1972
7	Lt. Colonel Anthony Selormey [5] (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)	1972	1973	National Redemption Council	Military government
8	Kwame Asante [6] (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)	1973	1974
9	Colonel Peter Kwame Agyekum (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)	1974	Oct 1975
10	Colonel David A. Iddisah (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)	Oct 1975		Supreme Military Council
11	Group Captain T. T. Kutin (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)
12	Eric R.K. Dwemoh (Commissioner for Transport and Communications)
13	George 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)	1979	Dec 1981	Limann government	People's National Party
15	Mahama Iddrisu (Secretary for Transport and Communications)	1983	1986	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
16	Kwame M. Peprah [10] (Secretary for Transport and Communications)	1986	1987
17	Yaw Donkor (Secretary for Transport and Communications)	1987	1992
18	Kwame M. Peprah (Secretary for Transport and Communications)	1992	Jan 1993
19	Edward Salia (Minister for Transport and Communications) (Minister for Roads and Transport)	1993	1997	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
		1997	Jan 2001
20	Felix Owusu-Adjapong (Minister for Transport and Communications)	2001	2003	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
21	Richard Anane (Minister for Roads, Highways and Transport)	Apr 2003 [11]	Oct 2006 [12]
22	Vacant	Oct 2006	2007
23	Godfred T. Bonyon [13] (Minister for Roads and Highways)	Aug 2007	Jan 2009
24	Mike Hammah (MP)	2009	2011	Mills government	National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
25	Collins Dauda (MP)	Jan 2011	Jul 2012
		Jul 2012	Jan 2013	Mahama government	National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
26	Dzifa Attivor [14]	Feb 2013	Dec 2015
27	Fiifi Kwetey [15]	Feb 2016	Jan 2017
28	Kwaku Ofori Asiamah	Feb 2017	Jan 2025	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
29	Joseph Nike Bukari [16]	Feb 2025	Incumbent	Mahama government from 2025	National Democratic Congress (Ghana)

References

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