(1) The Commission shall consist of-

(a) a chairperson who shall be the President of the Republic;

(b) a vice chairperson who shall be the Vice President of the Republic;

(c) the following Ministers of State responsible for:

(i) Finance;

(ii) Health;

(iii) Education;

(iv) Manpower Development and Employment;

(v) Local Government and Rural Development;

(vi) Youth and Sports;

(vii) Tourism;

(viii) Roads and Transport;

(ix) Food and Agriculture;

(x) Defence;

(xi) Women and Children's Affairs;

(xii) Interior;

(xiii) Justice;

(xiv) Trade and Industry; and

(xv) Information;

(d) the heads of each of the following:

(i) Trades Union Congress;

(ii) Christian Council;

(iii) National Catholic Secretariat;

(iv) National House of Chiefs;

(v) Christian Health Association of Ghana;

(vi) Ghana Medical Association;

(vii) Ghana Registered Nurses Association;

(viii) Ghana Registered Midwives Association;

(ix) Ghana Traditional Healers Association;

(x) National Population Council;

(xi) Ahmadiyya Mission;

(xii) Federation of Muslim Councils;

(xiii) Ghana HIV/AIDS Network (GHANET);

(xiv) National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS);

(xv) Ghana AIDS Foundation;

(xvi) Ghana Pentecostal Council;

(xvii) Council of Independent Churches;

(xviii) Statistical Services;

(xix) National AIDS Control Programme;

(xx) Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research;

(xxi) Ghana Employers Association; and

(xxii) FIDA, Ghana;

(e) a representative of organisations of People Living with HIV/AIDS;

(f) two members of Parliament;

(g) four other persons with special expertise relating to HIV/AIDS at least two of whom are women; and

(h) the Director-General of the Commission.

(2) Members of the Commission other than the President and Vice President shall be appointed by the President acting in consultation with the Council of State.