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 February 2024 is Mohammed Amin Adam[1] . 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.
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 | width=200 | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (MP)[2] (First Ghanaian in this position) | 1954 | 1957 | Colonial government | Convention People's Party | |
| 1957 | 1961 | Nkrumah government | ||||
| 2 | Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka (MP)[3] | 8 May 1961 | 1964 | |||
| 3 | Kwesi Amoako-Atta (MP)[4] | 1964 | 1966 | |||
| 4 | Akwasi Afrifa[5] Emmanuel Noi Omaboe[6] | 1966 | 1969 | Military government | ||
| 5 | Joseph Henry Mensah[7] (MP) | 1969 | 1972 | Progress Party (Ghana) | ||
| 6 | Ignatius Kutu Acheampong[8] | 1972 | ? | Military government | ||
| 7 | ? | ? | ||||
| 8 | 14 October 1975 | May 1978 | Supreme Military Council (Ghana) | |||
| 9 | ? | 1979 | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | ||||
| 10 | 1979 | 1981 | People's National Party | |||
| 11 | 1981 | 1981 | ||||
| 12 | 1982 | 1993 | Military government | |||
| 1993 | 1995 | National Democratic Congress | ||||
| 13 | 1995 | 2001 | ||||
| 14 | 2001 | 2005 | New Patriotic Party | |||
| 15 | 2005 | 2007 | ||||
| 16 | 2007 | 2009 | ||||
| 17 | 2009 | 2012 | National Democratic Congress | |||
| 2012 | 2013 | Mahama government | ||||
| 18 | 2013 | 6 January 2017 | ||||
| 19 | Ken Ofori-Atta[9] | 27 January 2017 | February 2024 | New Patriotic Party | ||
| 20 | Mohammed Amin Adam[10] | February 2024 | Incumbent |
- Kwesi Botchway has been the longest serving Finance Minister. He served from 1982 to 1993 under the PNDC government and from 1993 to 1995 in the same portfolio under the NDC government under Jerry Rawlings. In all he served a total of 13 years.