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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.
| Portfolio | Minister | Time frame | Notes |
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| 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. K. 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 – ? | |
| Ms. Adisa Munkaila | ? – December 1981 | ||
| Minister for Information, Presidential Affairs and Special Initiatives | John S. Nabila [4] [1] | September 1979 - 1980 | |
| Minister for Fuel and Energy | F. Wulff Tagoe | ? – ? | |
| Minister for Youth and Rural Development | E. K. 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 | ? – ? | |
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Also in the picture are I. T. Torto (extreme left), Greater Accra Regional Minister
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