Peter Turkson is a Ghanaian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Archbishop of Cape Coast by Pope John Paul II in 1992, and was elevated to Cardinal in 2003. He was president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 2009 to 2017. Pope Francis named him the first prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, which began operations in January 2017.