The 'Minister for Environment, Science and Technology in Ghana is responsible for providing political leadership for the ministry. The ministry was set up in 1994 following the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. As part of the Agenda 21 global action plan for sustainable development, the ministry was set up by the Ghana Government to enable sustainable environmental management, and science and technological development in the country. Between 2006 and 2009, the ministry was dissolved and its functions reassigned to other ministries but it was reconstituted after 3 years.
The current Minister is Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings who was appointed by President Mahama in August 2026. The position had been vacant since the previous minister, Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed died in a helicopter crash in August 2025.
List of ministers
Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party 1 Christine Amoako-Nuamah 1994 January 1997 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress 2 Cletus Avoka January 1997 January 20213 Dominic Fobih 2001 2003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party 4 Kasim Kasanga(Minister for Science and Environment) 1 April 2003 January 2005 5 Christine Churcher(Minister for Science and Environment) 17 February 2005 28 April 2006 6 Stephen Asamoah Boateng(Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Environment) 8 June 2006 2007 7 Kwadwo Adjei-Darko(Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Environment) 2007 January 2009 8 Sherry Ayittey February 2009 24 July 2012 Mills government National Democratic Congress 24 July 20126 January 2013 Mahama government 9 Joe Oteng-Adjei February 2013 16 July 2014 10 Akwasi Oppong Fosu 16 July 2014 14 March 2015 11 Mahama Ayariga (MP) 16 March 2015 6 January 2017 12 Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng 8 February 2017 6 January 2021 Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party 13 Kwaku Afriyie March 2021 14 February 2024 14 Ophelia Hayford (MP) 14 February 2024 6 January 2025 15 Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed (MP) 7 February 2025 6 August 2025 Mahama 2nd government National Democratic Congress 16 Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings (MP) 29 August 2026 Incumbent
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