Rawlings government explained

This is a listing of the ministers who served in Jerry Rawlings's National Democratic Congress government during the Fourth Republic of Ghana. This started on January 7, 1993, after 11 years of military rule by Rawlings. He retired from the Ghana Armed Forces and served a further two democratically elected terms ending January 7, 2001.

For Rawlings' first military government, see: Armed Forces Revolutionary Council.
For Rawlings' second military government, see: Provisional National Defence Council.

List of ministers

List of ministers of state (7 January 1993 - 6 January 1997)
width=250	Portfolio	width=200	Minister	width=120	From	width=120	To	width=200	Notes
		7 January 1993	6 January 2001
		7 January 1993	6 January 1997
		1982	1997
		Aug 1992	Oct 1996^[1]
		Nov 1996	Feb 1997^[2]
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning		1982	Aug 1995^[3]
		Aug 1995	6 January 2001
	Mahama Iddrisu^[4]	7 Jan 1993	Feb 1999
	Lt. Col. E. K. Donkoh	Feb 1999	6 January 2001
		August 1994	2001
Minister for Education (later) Minister for Education and Culture		1992	1993
		1993	1997
		1997	?
		August 1994	1996
		1996	1999
Minister for Local Government and Rural Development		August 1994	?
		?	?
Minister for Food and Agriculture^[5]		August 1992	1996
	Commodore Stephen Obimpeh	1996	1997
		?	Jan 1996^[6]
		?	?
Minister for Employment and Social Welfare		?	?
Minister for Transport and Communications		?	?
Minister for Roads and Highways		?	?
Minister for Works and Housing
Minister for Mines and Energy		?	Aug 1995
		Aug 1995	?
Minister for Environment, Science and Technology		?	?
Minister for Lands and Forestry		?	?
Minister for Youth and Sports		1993	6 January 2001
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs	J. H. Owusu Acheampong	?	?
Regional Ministers
		?	?
Brong Ahafo Region	I.K. Adjei-Mensah	?	?
		?	?
		1996	1997
		?	?
		?	?
		?	?
Upper East Region		?	?
Upper West Region		1993	1997
		?	?
Western Region		?	?

List of ministers of state (7 January 1997 - 6 January 2001)
width=250	Portfolio	width=200	Minister	width=120	From	width=120	To	width=200	Notes
		7 January 1993	6 January 2001
		7 January 1997	6 January 2001
	Kwamena Ahwoi (acting)	1997	?
		1997	6 January 2001
		February 1997	6 January 2001
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning		1995	6 January 2001
Minister for Planning and Regional Economic Co-operation and Integration		?	6 January 2001
		February 1997	6 January 2001
Minister for National Security	Kofi Totobi-Quakyi	1997	6 January 2001
		August 1994	6 January 2001
Minister for Education		?	?
		?	6 January 2001
		1996	1998
		1998	February 2000
		February 2000	January 2001
Minister for Local Government and Rural Development		1997	?
		?	January 2001
	Kwabena Agyei (MP)	1997	1998
	J. H. Owusu Acheampong (MP)	1998	January 2001^[7]
		?	?
		?	January 2001
		?	January 2001
Minister for Employment and Social Welfare		?	January 2001
Minister for Roads and Transport		?	January 2001
		?	1998
		1998	6 January 2001
Minister for Works and Housing	Isaac K. Adjei-Mensah	?	?
Minister for Mines and Energy		1999	?
		?	?
Minister for Environment, Science and Technology		?	January 2001
Minister for Lands and Forestry	Christina Amoako-Nuama	?	January 2001
Minister for Youth and Rural Development		?	?
Minister for Youth and Sports		1998	January 2001
Minister for Tourism		?	?
	Mike Gizo	?	January 2001
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs		?	2001
Minister for Chieftaincy Affairs and State Protocol	Daniel Ohene Agyekum^[8]	January 2000	January 2001
Regional Ministers
		?	1999^[9]
		1999	?
Brong Ahafo Region		?	?
		1997	?
		?	?
		?	?
		?	?
	Seidu Iddi	?	?
Upper East Region		?	?
Upper West Region		?	?
	Lt. Col. Charles K. Agbenaza	?	?
Western Region		?	?

See also

• National Democratic Congress

External links

• White House (Clinton era) on Ghana
• List of Ministers of State 1999
• NDC Ministers Previous Governmentp

Notes and References

1. Web site: October 1996 . 2007-05-10 . B. Schemmel.
2. Web site: Past Ministers (2) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150119204102/http://www.mint.gov.gh/ministers%20p2.htm . 19 January 2015 . 19 January 2015 . Ministry of Interior, Ghana.
3. News: Highlights of the news from Ghana . 2007-05-24 . General News of Friday, 18 August 1995 . Ghana Home Page.
4. Web site: MINISTER FOR DEFENCE . 19 March 2020 . Minister Of Defence .
5. Web site: Former Heads of MoFA . 7 August 2012 . Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
6. News: Trade Minister Resigns . 2007-05-24 . General News of Saturday, 27 January 1996 . Ghana Home Page.
7. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=12971 General News of Saturday, 6 January 2001
8. Web site: 12 January 2000. Rawlings Reshuffles Cabinet. 2 February 2021. Modern Ghana. en.
9. News: Cabinet reshuffles, Kojo Yankah out of Ashanti . GhanaWeb . 2009-10-31.