# Minister for Finance and Economic Planning

The Minister for Finance and Economic Planning is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Finance of Ghana. The Minister for Finance since January 2025 is Cassiel Ato Forson. Kwesi Botchwey stayed in office the longest (1982 to 1995), first under Jerry Rawlings as Secretary for Finance in the PNDC military government and then as Minister for Finance in the constitutionally elected Rawlings government at the beginning of the Fourth Republic and was in charge of the Economic Recovery Programme under the auspices of the World Bank which oversaw major economic reform in Ghana.

## List of ministers

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.
| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
| 1 | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (MP) (First Ghanaian in this position) | 1954 | 1957 | Colonial government | Convention People's Party |
| 1 | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (MP) (First Ghanaian in this position) | 1957 | 1961 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 2 | Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka (MP) | 8 May 1961 | 1964 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 3 | Kwesi Amoako-Atta (MP) | 1964 | 1966 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 4 | Akwasi Afrifa Emmanuel Noi Omaboe | 1966 | 1969 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 5 | Joseph Henry Mensah (MP) | 1969 | 1972 | Busia government | Progress Party (Ghana) |
| 6 | Ignatius Kutu Acheampong | 1972 | ? | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 7 | Amon Nikoi | ? | ? | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 8 | Robert K. A. Gardiner | 14 October 1975 | May 1978 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 9 | J. L. S. Abbey | ? | 1979 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 9 | J. L. S. Abbey | 1979 | 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Military government |
| 10 | Amon Nikoi | 1979 | 1981 | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 11 | George Benneh | 1981 | 1981 | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 12 | Kwesi Botchwey | 1982 | 1993 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 12 | Kwesi Botchwey | 1993 | 1995 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 13 | Richard Kwame Peprah | 1995 | 2001 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 14 | Yaw Osafo-Maafo | 2001 | 2005 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 15 | Kwadwo Baah Wiredu | 2005 | 2007 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 16 | Anthony Akoto Osei | 2007 | 2009 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 17 | Kwabena Duffuor | 2009 | 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 17 | Kwabena Duffuor | 2012 | 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 18 | Seth Terkper | 2013 | 6 January 2017 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 19 | Ken Ofori-Atta | 27 January 2017 | February 2024 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 20 | Mohammed Amin Adam | February 2024 | 6 January 2025 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 21 | Cassiel Ato Forson (MP) | 22 January 2025 | Incumbent | Mahama 2nd government | National Democratic Congress |