Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ghana)
The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the country's foreign policy and international diplomacy. The minister is usually one of the most senior members of Cabinet.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs since January 2017 has been Honorable Shirley Ayorkor Botchway. The ministry is at present combined with other portfolios to form the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration under the government of Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party.
List of Ghanaian Foreign Ministers
| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
| 1 | Kwame Nkrumah | 1957 | 1958 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 2 | Kojo Botsio | 1958 | 1959 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 3 | Ako Adjei | 1959 | 1960 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 4 | Imoru Egala | 1960 | 1961 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 5 | Ako Adjei | 1961 | 1962 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 6 | Dr. Kwame Nkrumah | 1962 | 1963 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 7 | Kojo Botsio | 1963 | 1965 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 8 | Alex Quaison-Sackey | 1965 | 24 February 1966 | Nkrumah government | Convention Peoples' Party |
| 9 | Lt. Gen. Joseph A. Ankrah | 1966 | 1967 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 10 | John Willie Kofi Harlley | 1967 | 1968 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 11 | Patrick Dankwa Anin | 1969 | 1969 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 12 | Victor Owusu | 1969 | 1969 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 13 | Patrick Dankwa Anin | 1969 | 1969 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 14 | Victor Owusu | 1969 | 1971 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 15 | William Ofori Atta | 1971 | 13 January 1972 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 16 | Major General Nathan Apea Aferi | 1972 | 1972 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 17 | Lt. Colonel Kwame R.M. Baah | 1972 | 1975 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 18 | Colonel Roger Felli | 1975 | 4 June 1979 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 19 | Mrs. Gloria Amon Nikoi | 1979 | 24 September 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Military government |
| 20 | Dr. Isaac K. Chinebuah | 1979 | 31 December 1981 | Limann government | Peoples National Party |
| 21 | Obed Asamoah | 1982 | 7 January 1993 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 21 | Obed Asamoah | 7 January 1993 | 1997 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 22 | Kwamena Ahwoi | 1997 | 1997 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 23 | James Victor Gbeho | 1997 | 7 January 2001 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 24 | Hackman Owusu-Agyeman | 2001 | 2003 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 25 | Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo | 2003 | July 2007 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 26 | Akwasi Osei-Adjei | 2007 | 7 January 2009 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 27 | Muhammad Mumuni | 2009 | 24 July 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 27 | Muhammad Mumuni | 24 July 2012 | 7 January 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 28 | Hanna Tetteh | 30 January 2013 | 6 January 2017 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 29 | Shirley Ayorkor Botchway | 28 January 2017 | Incumbent | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |