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This is a listing of the ministers who served in Busia's Progress Party government during the Second Republic of Ghana. The Second Republic lasted from 1 October 1969 to 13 January 1972.
List of ministers
Portfolio | Minister | Time frame | Notes |
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Prime Minister | Kofi Abrefa Busia | 1 October 1969 – 13 January 1972 | |
Deputy Prime Minister | William Ofori Atta | ?–? | |
J. Kwesi Lamptey | ?–? | ||
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Victor Owusu[1] | 1969–1971 | |
William Ofori Atta | 1971 – 13 January 1972 | ||
Minister for Interior | Simon Diedong Dombo[2][1] | 1969–1971 | |
Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade | 1971–1972 | ||
Minister for Defence | J. Kwesi Lamptey[3][1] | 1969–1971 | |
Bukari Adama[3] | 27 Jan 1971 – 12 Jan 1972 | ||
Attorney General and Minister for Justice | Victor Owusu | 1971–1972 | |
Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade[4][1] | 1969–1971 | ||
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning | Joseph Henry Mensah[1] | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Health | Simon Diedong Dombo | 1971–1972 | |
Gibson Dokyi Ampaw[1] | 1969–1971 | ||
Minister for Local Government | Kwabena Kwakye Anti[2][1] | 1969–1971 | |
Minister for Education, Culture and Sport | William Ofori Atta[1] | 1969–1971 | |
R. R. Amponsah | 1971 – Jan 1972 | ||
Minister for Agriculture | Kwame Safo-Adu[1][5] | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism | Richard Abusua-Yedom Quarshie[2][1] | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Labour and Social Welfare | Jatoe Kaleo[1] | 1969–1971 | |
William Godson Bruce-Konuah | 1971–1972 | ||
Minister for Transport and Communications | Haruna Esseku[1] | 1969–1971 | |
Jatoe Kaleo | 1971–1972 | ||
Minister for Works | Samuel Wilberforce Awuku-Darko[1] | 1969–1971 | |
Minister for Housing | William Godson Bruce-Konuah[1] | 1969–1971 | |
Samuel Wilberforce Awuku-Darko | 1971–1972 | ||
Minister for Social Development | Akumfi Ameyaw Munufie[1] | 1969–? | |
Minister for Lands, Mineral Resources, Forestry and Wildlife | R. R. Amponsah[1][2] | 1969–1971 | |
T.D. Brodie Mends | 1971–1972 | ||
Minister for Information | T.D. Brodie Mends[1] | 1 October 1969 – 27 January 1971 | |
January 1971–January 1972 | |||
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs | Bukari Adama | 1969–1971 | |
J. Kwesi Lamptey | 1971–1972 | ||
Minister of State (Protocol) | K.G. Osei Bonsu | 1969–1972 |
Regional Chief Executives (Regional Ministers)
Portfolio | Minister | Time frame | Notes |
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Ashanti Regional Minister | H. R. Annan | 1969–1972 | |
Brong Ahafo Region | A. A. Owusu | 1969–1972 | |
Central Regional Minister | Jonah Abraham Annobil | 1969–1972 | |
Eastern Regional Minister | A. K. Adu | 1969–1971 | |
G. L. A. Djabanor | 1971–1972 | ||
Greater Accra Regional Minister | A. S. O. Mensah | 1969–1972 | |
Northern Regional Minister | J. A. Braimah | 1969–1972 | |
Upper Region | Salifu Imoro | 1969–1972 | |
Volta Regional Minister | Alfred Senaya Kpodonu | 1969–1972 |
List of ministerial secretaries (Deputy Ministers)
Portfolio | Minister | Time frame | Notes |
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Minister for Interior | Kwaku Baah | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Defence | Mohammed Abdul-Saaka Thomas Kwame Aboagye | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | John Agyekum Kufuor | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Works | Walter Horace Kofi-Sackey | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Housing | Ofresu Kwabena Poku | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Transport and Communications | Solomon Osei-Akoto, Joseph Yaw Manu | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning | Jones Ofori Atta, Charles Omar Nyanor | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Youth and Rural development | Alexander Apeatu Aboagye da Costa, Carl Daniel Reindorf | 1969–1972 | |
Attorney General | Akenten Appiah-Menka | 1969–1972 | |
Office of the Prime Minister | Alexander Abu Abedi | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Information | Michael Kwasi Osei | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Labour and Co-operatives | Alfred Badu Nkansah | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for National Service Corps | Samuel Kobina Casely Osei-Baidoo | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Agriculture | Shanni Mahama | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism | Stephen Krakue | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Lands, Mineral Resources, Forestry and Wildlife | Anane Antwi-Kusi, Daniel Poku Agyekum | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Health | Joseph Godson Amamoo, Adam Amandi | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Education, Culture and Sports | Sabastien Kwaku Opon, Oheneba Kow Eduakoh Richardson | 1969–1972 | |
Minister for Local Authority | Justice Akuamoa Boateng, John Kofi Fynn | 1969–1972 |
See also
- Progress Party
- achievement of Busia’s government
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Paxton, J., ed. (25 August 1970). The Statesman's Year-Book 1970-71. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 407. doi:10.1057/9780230270992. ISBN 9780230270992. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d Ghana Year Book. Accra: Graphic Corporation. 1971. p. 51. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ a b "MINISTER FOR DEFENCE". www.mod.gov.gh. Ghana Government. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "PAST MINISTERS". Official website of the government of Ghana. Government of Ghana. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "NPP's Safo-Adu Is Dead". General News of Saturday, 3 October 2009. ~Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ Danquah, Moses (1969). The Birth of the Second Republic.
- ^ "Parliamentary debates: National Assembly official report". Ghana Publications Corporation. 1970: ii.
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External sources
- The Statesman's Year-Book 1970-71; Editors: Paxton, J. (Ed.)
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