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Mahama government from 2025
Mahama's third governmentThis is the second time that John Mahama has been President of Ghana. His first term in government was when he inherited the government of President John Atta Mills who died in office in 2012.[1][2] Mahama has remained as the leader of the National Democratic Congress since the death of Atta Mills. After winning the 2012 Ghanaian general election, he got to form his own government.[3] He lost the 2016 Ghanaian general election and went into opposition for the following eight years.[4][5] In the 2024 Ghanaian general election, he beat the New Patriotic Party candidate who was also the incumbent vice president of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia to become the president once again.[6] Nominaton and vetting of ministersMahama promised to reduce the size of the government in comparison to the outgoing one led by Nana Akufo-Addo and cap the number of ministers at 60.[7] 42 nominees of Mahama were presented to the Appointments Committee of the Parliament of Ghana for vetting.[8][9] The first two batches of six ministers completed their vetting on 21 January 2025 and were sworn in the next day by Mahama.[10][11] The next two batches of a further six ministers completed their vetting on 23 January 2025. This included Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, MP for Krowor[12] who missed the swearing in ceremony for personal reasons.[13] This brought to 11 the number of ministers who had been cleared to start work.[14] List of ministersNote: Ministers without a start date have not yet been sworn into office.
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