President Mahama appointed Kenneth Gilbert Adjei as Ghana's new Defence Minister, filling a post vacant since Edward Omane Boamah's deathAdjei previously served as deputy defence minister under Mahama from 2015 to 2017 before returning to the same ministryYEN.com.gh takes a look at the life, career, and biography of Ghana's new Defence Minister, Honourable Kenneth Gilbert AdjeiGhana’s top stories, now easier to find. President John Dramani Mahama has named Works, Housing and Water Resources Minister Kenneth Gilbert Adjei as Ghana's defence minister on Friday, filling a post left vacant for a year after the death of Edward Omane Boamah in a military helicopter crash. President John Dramani Mahama appoints Kenneth Gilbert Adjei as Ghana's new defence minister. Image credit: KennethGilbertAdjeiSource: FacebookFinance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson had been acting defence minister since August 2025, when Omane Boamah was among those killed in the crash. Below is the Facebook page naming Kenneth Gilbert Adjei as Ghana's new defence minister.