See list of presidential appointees and their positions

The Annual Report on the Staffing Position of the Office of the President has shown that up to 808 people, made up of 585 public servants and 233 political appointees, worked at the office from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025.

A further breakdown of the political appointees showed that 4 of them are Ministers of State at the Presidency, 39 political staffers, and 190 other political appointees.

Below are the political appointees and their positions:

Ministers of State

1. Hon. Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Government Communications

2. Hon. Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum, Special Initiatives

3. Hon. Seidu Issifu, Climate Change and Sustainability

4. Hon. Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba, Public Sector Reform

Presidential Staffers:

Name Position

1. Mr. Julius Debrah – Chief of Staff

2. Dr. Calistus Mahama – Executive Secretary to the President

3. Dr. Valerie E. Sawyerr – Senior Presidential Advisor, Governmental Affairs

4. Dr. Nii Moi Thompson – Presidential Advisor to the President

5. Hon. Alexander Percival Segbefia – Senior Political Advisor to the Vice President

6. Nana Oye Bampoe Addo – Deputy Chief of Staff (Admin)

7. Mr. Stanislav Xoese Dogbe – Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations)

8. Professor Kwaku Danso-Boafo – Secretary to the Cabinet

9. Mr. Prosper Douglas Bani – National Security Advisor

10. Ms. Marietta Agyeiwaa Brew – Legal Counsel to the President

11. Mr. Seth Emmanuel Terkper – Presidential Advisor on the Economy

12. Ms. Joyce Bawah Mogtari – Presidential Advisor to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Unit

13. Professor Francis Dodoo – Presidential Advisor, National Anti-Corruption Programme

14. Beatrice Annangfio – Presidential Staffer, President’s Secretariat

15. Ms. Augustina Nana Yaa Jantua – Presidential Staffer

16. Professor Theresah Ennin – Presidential Advisor at the Vice President’s Secretariat

17. Mr. Musah Abdallai – Presidential Staffer at the Vice President’s Secretariat

18. Dr. Bernice Makafui Brempong – Presidential Staffer

233 Political Appointees, 585 Civil Servants: Breakdown of Mahama’s presidency staff list

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