The Minister for Foreign Affairs is a government official responsible for overseeing the foreign policy and international diplomacy of Ghana. Currently Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the minister is usually one of the most senior members of Cabinet. Under pre-1992 military regimes in Ghana, the title minister has been replaced by commissioner or secretary.
During the government rule of Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party between January 2017 and January 2025, the ministry was combined with other portfolios to form the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration under Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey. On 18 September 2025, the ministry awarded diplomatic passport to the following Ghanaians, Ibrahim Mahama, Wade Maya, Rocky Dawuni, Anita Erskine and Dentaa.
List of ministers
Ministers of External Affairs Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party 1 Kwame Nkrumah (MP) 1957 1958 Nkrumah government Convention Peoples' Party 2 Kojo Botsio (MP) 1958 1959 3 Ako Adjei (MP) 1959 1960 4 Imoru Egala (MP) 1960 1961
Ministers of Foreign Affairs Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party 1 Ako Adjei (MP) 1961 1962 Nkrumah government Convention Peoples' Party 2 Kwame Nkrumah 1962 1963 3 Kojo Botsio (MP) 1963 1965 4 Alex Quaison-Sackey 1965 24 February 1966 5 Lt. Gen. Joseph A. Ankrah 1966 1967 National Liberation Council Military government 6 John Willie Kofi Harlley 1967 1968 7 Patrick Dankwa Anin (MP) 1969 1969 Busia government Progress Party 8 Victor Owusu (MP) 1969 1969 9 Patrick Dankwa Anin (MP) 1969 1969 10 Victor Owusu (MP) 1969 1971 11 William Ofori Atta (MP) 1971 13 January 1972 12 Major General Nathan Apea Aferi 1972 1972 National Redemption Council Military government 13 Lt. Colonel Kwame R.M. Baah 1972 1975 14 Colonel Roger Felli 1975 4 June 1979 Supreme Military Council 15 Mrs. Gloria Amon NikoiMrs. Gloria Amon Nikoi was one of several senior civil servants who acted as ministers of state during the short rule of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council between 4 June 1979 and 24 September 1979. 1979 24 September 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council 16 Isaac Chinebuah 1979 31 December 1981 Limann government Peoples National Party 17 Obed Asamoah 1982 6 January 1993 Provisional National Defence Council Military government 18 7 January 1993 1997 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress 19 Kwamena Ahwoi(acting) 1997 1997 20 James Victor Gbeho 1997 6 January 2001 21 Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (MP) 2001 2003Kufuor government New Patriotic Party 22 Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (MP) 2003 July 2007 23 Akwasi Osei-Adjei (MP) 2007 7 January 200924 Muhammad Mumuni 2009 24 July 2012 Mills government National Democratic Congress 24 July 2012 6 January 2013 Mahama government 25 Hanna Tetteh (MP) 30 January 2013 6 January 2017 26 Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (MP) 28 January 2017 6 January 2025 Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party27Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa 7 February 2025 incumbentMahama government from 2025National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
See also
Ministers of the Ghanaian Government List of current foreign ministers Foreign relations of Ghana List of ambassadors and high commissioners of Ghana
Notes
External links and sources Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, official Website Current Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Ghana government website Rulers.org - Foreign Ministers