Minister for Education (Ghana)

This is a list of present and past ministers for education in Ghana.

List of ministers

Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party
1J. B. Erzuah6 March 1957Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Alfred Jonas Dowuona-Hammond
(Education and Social Welfare)
3Kwaku Boateng[1]
(Education and Social Welfare)
1 May 196424 February 1966
4Modjaben Dowuona19661969National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
5William Ofori Atta
(Education, Culture and Sport)
19691971Busia governmentProgress Party
6R. R. Amponsah
(Education, Culture and Sport)
197113 January 1972
7Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Nkegbe
(Education, Culture and Sport)
National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
8Colonel Emmanuel Obeng Nyante
(Education, Culture and Sport)
9Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Nkegbe
(Education, Culture and Sport)
Supreme Military Council
10E. Evans Anfom
(Commissioner for Education and Culture)
197924 September 1979Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
111980Limann governmentPeople's National Party
12Francis Kwame Buah198031 December 1981
13Christina Ama Ataa Aidoo19821983Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
14V. C. Dadson1983
15Joyce Aryee19851987
16Mohammed Ben Abdallah1987
17Adisa Munkaila19881989
18Mary Grant19897 January 1993
19Harry Sawyerr19931997Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
20Esi Sutherland-Addy1997
21Christina Amoako-Nuamah1997 1998
22Ekwow Spio-Garbrah7 January 2001
23Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi[2]20012003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
24Kwadwo Baah Wiredu[3]20032005
25Yaw Osafo-Maafo[4]1 February 20052006
26Papa Owusu-Ankomah[5]28 April 20062007
27Dominic Fobi1 August 20077 January 2009
28Alex Tettey-Enyo (MP)20092011Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
29Betty Mould-Iddrisu[6]4 January 20112012
30Lee Ocran201224 October 2012
3124 October 20127 January 2013Mahama government
32Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang20136 January 2017
33Matthew Opoku Prempeh[7]28 January 2017incumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party

See also

References

  1. "Article Preview". New York Times. New York Times Archives. 2 May 1964. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. "President Kufuor swears 10 more ministers". General News. Ghana Home Page. 8 February 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. "Government names new Cabinet". General News. Ghana Home Page. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  4. "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". General news. Ghana Home Page. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. "Kufuor restructures ministerial team". General news. Ghana Home Page. 28 April 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  6. "Cabinet reshuffle: Zita dropped, Betty for education". General news. Ghana Home Page. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  7. "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb. Ghanaweb. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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