# Busia government

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 |
| Prime Minister | Kofi Abrefa Busia | 1 October 1969 – 13 January 1972 |
| Deputy Prime Minister | William Ofori Atta | ?–? |
| Deputy Prime Minister | J. Kwesi Lamptey | ?–? |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Victor Owusu | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | William Ofori Atta | 1971 – 13 January 1972 |
| Minister for Interior | Simon Diedong Dombo | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Interior | Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade | 1971–1972 |
| Minister for Defence | J. Kwesi Lamptey | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Defence | Bukari Adama | 27 Jan 1971 – 12 Jan 1972 |
| Attorney General and Minister for Justice | Victor Owusu | 1971–1972 |
| Attorney General and Minister for Justice | Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Finance and Economic Planning | Joseph Henry Mensah | 1969–1972 |
| Minister for Health | Simon Diedong Dombo | 1971–1972 |
| Minister for Health | Gibson Dokyi Ampaw | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Local Government | Kwabena Kwakye Anti | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Education, Culture and Sport | William Ofori Atta | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Education, Culture and Sport | R. R. Amponsah | 1971 – Jan 1972 |
| Minister for Agriculture | Kwame Safo-Adu | 1969–1972 |
| Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism | Richard Abusua-Yedom Quarshie | 1969–1972 |
| Minister for Labour and Social Welfare | Jatoe Kaleo | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Labour and Social Welfare | William Godson Bruce-Konuah | 1971–1972 |
| Minister for Transport and Communications | Haruna Esseku | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Transport and Communications | Jatoe Kaleo | 1971–1972 |
| Minister for Works | Samuel Wilberforce Awuku-Darko | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Housing | William Godson Bruce-Konuah | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Housing | Samuel Wilberforce Awuku-Darko | 1971–1972 |
| Minister for Social Development | Akumfi Ameyaw Munufie | 1969–? |
| Minister for Lands, Mineral Resources, Forestry and Wildlife | R. R. Amponsah | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Lands, Mineral Resources, Forestry and Wildlife | T.D. Brodie Mends | 1971–1972 |
| Minister for Information | T.D. Brodie Mends | 1 October 1969 – 27 January 1971 |
| Minister for Information | | January 1971–January 1972 |
| Minister for Parliamentary Affairs | Bukari Adama | 1969–1971 |
| Minister for Parliamentary Affairs | J. Kwesi Lamptey | 1971–1972 |
| Minister of State (Protocol) | K.G. Osei Bonsu | 1969–1972 |

## Regional Chief Executives (Regional Ministers)

| Portfolio | Minister | Time frame |
| 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 |
| Eastern Regional Minister | 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 |
| 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 |