Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (Ghana)


The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning is the government ministry responsible for the economic and monetary health of Ghana. The Ministry is involved with economic planning, fiscal policy, national accounting, the national budget, and creating an environment for investment and growth.
The main offices of the Ministry are located in Accra.

History

was the first Finance Minister of independent Ghana under Kwame Nkrumah between 1954 and 1961.

Departments and agencies

The following are government agencies of the Ministry:
The Ministry has the oversight responsibilities with regard to:
Divisions under the ministry include:
The first Ghanaian to head this ministry is Komla Agbeli Gbedemah who assumed this position in 1954 when the Britain allowed Kwame Nkrumah to form a government prior to gaining full independence in 1957. The Ministry has at various times been designated as Ministry of Finance or as it is currently, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1Komla Agbeli Gbedemah
19541957Colonial governmentConvention People's Party
1Komla Agbeli Gbedemah
19571961Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka 19611964Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
3Kwesi Amoako-Atta 19641966Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
4Akwasi AfrifaEmmanuel Noi Omaboe19661969National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
5Joseph Henry Mensah 19691972Busia governmentProgress Party
6Ignatius Kutu Acheampong1972?National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
7Amon Nikoi??National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
8Robert K. A. Gardiner14 October 1975May 1978Supreme Military Council Military government
9J. L. S. Abbey?1979Supreme Military Council Military government
9J. L. S. Abbey19791979Armed Forces Revolutionary CouncilMilitary government
10Amon Nikoi19791981Limann governmentPeople's National Party
11George Benneh19791979Limann governmentPeople's National Party
12Kwesi Botchwey19821993Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
12Kwesi Botchwey19931995Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
13Richard Kwame Peprah19952001Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
14Yaw Osafo-Maafo20012005Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
15Kwadwo Baah Wiredu20052007Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
16Anthony Akoto Osei20072009Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
17Kwabena Duffuor20092012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
17Kwabena Duffuor20122013Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
18Seth Terkper20136 January 2017Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
19Ken Ofori-Atta27 January 2017incumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party