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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 1,487 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 not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Ghana. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Ghana

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Ghana.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 1,277 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
Deputy Minister for Lands-1-
Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture of Ghana--1
Minister for Communications-41
Minister for Employment and Labour Relations--1
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning-41
Minister for Fisheries--1
Minister for Foreign Affairs-51
Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection-51
Minister for Health of Ghana-85
Minister for Lands-21
Minister for Local Government-61
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs--1
Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources11-
Minister for the Interior of Ghana-73
Minister for Transport and Telecommunications-41
Minister for Youth and Sports-121
Minister of Chieftaincy Affairs1--
Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs--1
Minister of Communications & Digitalization1--
Minister of Defense15-
Minister of Education172
Minister of Employment, Labor Relations, & Pensions1--
Minister of Energy1--
Minister of Energy and Petroleum-21
Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, & Innovation1--
Minister of Finance1--
Minister of Fisheries & Aquaculture Development1--
Minister of Food & Agriculture151
Minister of Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration1--
Minister of Gender1--
Minister of Health1--
Minister of Information1--
Minister of Interior1--
Minister of Justice & Attorney General1--
Minister of Justice of Ghana-82
Minister of Lands & Natural Resources1--
Minister of Local Government, Decentralization, & Rural Development1--
Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation-1-
Minister of National Security1--
Minister of National Security of Ghana--1
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs1--
Minister of Public Enterprises--1
Minister of Railway Development11-
Minister of Roads and Highways1-1
Minister of State for Finance--1
Minister of State for Works and Housing--1
Minister of Tourism of Ghana-31
Minister of Tourism, Arts, & Cultures1--
Minister of Trade & Industry15-
Minister of Transportation1--
Minister of Works & Housing1--
Minister of Works and Housing--1
Minister of Youth & Sports1--
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of Parliament-275136
National judicial branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief Justice of Ghana-1-
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana-334
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassadeur de Palestine au Ghana-21
ambassador of Angola to Ghana-21
ambassador of France to Ghana-21
ambassador of Norway to Ghana--1
ambassador of Spain to Ghana-61
ambassador of Zimbabwe to Ghana--1
Ambassador to the US1--
Ghanaian ambassadors Canada-1-
High Commissioner of Mozambique to Ghana-11
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Ghana-41
United States Ambassador to Ghana-21

Intergovernmental positions

Number of known occupants
International bodiesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--

Subnational government positions

Number of known occupants
Subnational executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Asutifi North Constituency--1

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-3268
Member of the Parliament of Ghana-116
Attorney General of Ghana-15
Member of the 1st Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana--4
Asunafo North Constituency--1
Governor, Bank of Ghana1--
Member of the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana--1
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of Ghana1--
President of Ghana1--
President of the Republic of Ghana1--

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...