Minister for Health (Ghana)

The Minister for Health is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Health.

List of ministers

Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party
1J. H. Allassani (MP)6 March 1957Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Imoru Egala (MP)[1]July 1959July 1960
3Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP)July 1960June 1961
4Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (MP)June 1961
5Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP)October 1963January 1964
6Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP)19641966
7Eustace Akwei[2]19661969National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
8Gibson Dokyi Ampaw (MP)1969January 1971Busia governmentProgress Party
9Simon Diedong Dombo (MP)January 1971January 1972
10Colonel J. C. AdjeiteyNational Redemption CouncilMilitary government
11Lt. Colonel Anthony Hugh SelormeyMay 1973October 1975
12Brigadier Odartey-Wellington[3]1975June 1979Supreme Military Council
13Emmanuel Evans AnfomJune 1979September 1979Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
14Michael Paul AnsahSeptember 1979August 1981Limann governmentPeople's National Party
15Dr. K. OcranAugust 198131 December 1981
16Charles Buadu19831987Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
17Air Commodore F. W. K. Klutse19871988
18Nana Akuoko Sarpong19881991
19Stephen Obimpeh19927 January 1993
August 19941996Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
20Eunice Brookman-Amissah19961999
21Samuel Nuamah-Donkor
22Kwame Danso-BoafoFebruary 2000[4] 7 January 2001
23Richard Winfred Anane (MP)20012003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
24Kwaku Afriyie20032005
25Courage Quashigah20057 January 2009
26George Sipa-Adjah Yankey20092009Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
27Benjamin Kunbuor (MP)20092011
28Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP)20112012
27Alban Bagbin (MP)26 January 2012[5]24 July 2012
24 July 20127 January 2013Mahama government
29Hanny-Sherry Ayitey14 February 201316 July 2014
30Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah (MP)[6]16 July 201414 March 2015
31Alex Segbefia16 March 20156 January 2017
32Kwaku Agyemang-Manu28 January 2017[7]incumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party

References

  1. Steinburg, S. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1960. p. 295. ISBN 9780230270893.
  2. Ashitey, Gilford A. (1994). Disease Control in Ghana (PDF). Accra: Ghana Universities Press. p. 11. ISBN 9964301960. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. Tagoe, George (May 2004). Genesis Four. Google Books. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 9781553955696. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. "HIGH COMMISSIONER PROF. KWAKU DANSO-BOAFO RECEIVES HONORARY FELLOWSHIP FROM THE GHANA COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  5. "4 Ministers Sacked In Cabinet Shake-up". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  6. "KNUST churns out 1, 287 nurses". GhanaHealthService.org. Ghana Health Service. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  7. "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb. Ghanaweb. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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