Ghana’s Top Politicians

Joe Ghartey (born 15 June 1961, in Accra) is a Ghanaian lawyer, academic and politician. He is a former Attorney-General of Ghana (2006–2009), Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament (2013–2017) and Railways Development Minister (2017–2021). Joe Ghartey hails from Shama, in the Western Region of the Republic of Ghana. Early life and education Joe Ghartey was …

Joe Danquah was a Ghanaian politician and Member of Parliament for the Tain constituency of the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. Early life and education Danquah was born on 9 May 1972. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Ghana. Political career Danquah was elected as the member of parliament for the Tain constituency …

Joe Baidoo-Ansah is a journalist, communications specialist, human rights advocate and activist, and a politician who served as a member of parliament in Ghana from 2001 to 2017. A Member of the New Patriotic party from the Western Region and Central Region, he served as a Deputy Minister of Tourism and …

James Klutse Avedzi is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ketu North Constituency in the Volta Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. Early life and education James Klutse Avedzi was born on 14 July 1964. He hails from Xipe in the Volta Region of …

James Appietu-Ankrah (born 6 July 1948) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic representing the Lower West Akim Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Early life and education Ankrah was born on 6 July 1948 in Akim, a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He received his secondary school education from Adisadel College. He …

Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu (2 July 1965 – 9 February 2016), was a Ghanaian chartered accountant and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Ghana for the New Patriotic Party between 2005 and 2009, and once more from 2013 until his death. Early life JB Danquah Adu was born on 2 …

Issifu Pangabu Mohammed (born 6 March 1962) is an agriculturist and a politician from Ghana. He was a member of parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress party, representing the Ejura-Sekyedumase constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th and 5th parliaments of the 4th republic of Ghana. Early life and education Mohammed was born on …

Ishmael Ashitey (20 November 1954 – 7 January 2022) was a Ghanaian politician who was a Member of Parliament for the New Patriotic Party. He was the Greater Accra Regional Minister of Ghana. He was appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo in January 2017, and was approved by the …

Isaac Eduasar Edumadzi (1 January 1957, Central Region — 11 January 2018, Cape Coast) was a Ghanaian politician and a member of the New Patriotic Party. He was the Member of Parliament for the Ejumako/Enyan/Essiam in the Central region. He served under the administration of the former president John Agyekum Kufour in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana. Political …

Inusah Abdulai Bistav Fuseini (born 23 January 1962) is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He is a former member of parliament for Tamale Central constituency and the former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, former Minister of Roads and Highways in the Ghana government. He was the senior associate with the Law Trust Company in Accra before he went into politics. …