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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 1,162 entities connected with Ghana. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are currently not including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Ghana. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 940 entities identified as PEPs connected with Ghana.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President1--
Vice President1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister for Communications14-
Minister for Defence15-
Minister for Education173
Minister for Employment and Labour Relations1--
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning141
Minister for Food and Agriculture151
Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection141
Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources11-
Minister of Aviation1--
Minister of Business Development1--
Minister of Chieftaincy & Traditional Affairs1--
Minister of Energy & Petroleum121
Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, & Innovation1--
Minister of Fisheries & Aquaculture Development1--
Minister of Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration1--
Minister of Health1--
Minister of Information & Media Relations1--
Minister of Inner City & Zongo Development1--
Minister of Interior1--
Minister of Justice & Attorney General1--
Minister of Lands & Natural Resources1--
Minister of Local Government & Rural Development1--
Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation1--
Minister of National Security1--
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Majority Leader1--
Minister of Railway Development111
Minister of Regional Reorganization & Development1--
Minister of Roads & Highways1--
Minister of Tourism, Culture, & Creative Arts1--
Minister of Trade & Industry15-
Minister of Transportation1--
Minister of Water Resources, Works, & Housing1--
Minister of Youth & Sports1--
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of Parliament-275136
National judicial branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana-434
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Ambassador to the US1--
Ghana's ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro--1
Ghana's ambassador to Turkey--1
Ghanaian ambassadors Canada-1-
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana-276-
Member of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana-3267
Member of the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana-267-
Member of the 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana-216-
Member of the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana-2051
Member of the 3rd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana-177-
Member of the Parliament of Ghana-617
Minister for Health of Ghana-85
Attorney General of Ghana-83
Minister for the Interior of Ghana-73
Minister of Justice of Ghana-82
Minister for Local Government-61
Minister for Foreign Affairs-51
Minister for Transport and Telecommunications-41
Member of the 1st Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana--4
Minister of Tourism of Ghana-31
Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations-22
Minister for Lands-21
President of Ghana12-
Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana-21
First Lady of Ghana-11
Vice President of the Republic of Ghana-11
Chief Justice of Ghana-1-
Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture of Ghana--1
Governor, Bank of Ghana1--
Minister for Fisheries--1
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs--1
Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs--1
Minister of National Security of Ghana--1
Minister of Public Enterprises--1
Minister of State for Finance--1
Minister of State for Works and Housing--1
Minister of Works and Housing--1
Senior Minister1--

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...