Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson is Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. In September of 2013 Pope Francis confirmed him as head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and, in 2016, appointed him as the first Prefect of the new Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. On March 20, 2020, Pope Francis created the Vatican COVID-19 Commission and placed it under his responsibility at the Dicastery. He previously served as Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana). He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

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