Minister for Local Government (Ghana)

The Minister for Local Government in Ghana is responsible for decentralised administration of the country. This minister is also responsible for enhancing the development of the rural areas of Ghana. The title of the position has been altered under some governments to reflect this.

List of ministers

Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party
1A. E. A. Ofori-Atta[1] (MP)6 March 1957Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Dr. Alex A. Y. KyerematenNational Liberation CouncilMilitary government
3K. K. Anti (MP)Busia governmentProgress Party
4Major General Nathan Aferi1972National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
5Lt. Col. B. K. AhlijahSupreme Military Council
6Lt. Col. K. A. Jackson
7C. K. Tedam1979
8Kofi Badu
(Local Government and Sports)
19791979Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
9Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah19791981Limann governmentPeople's National Party
10John Agyekum Kufuor19821982Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
11F. A. Jantuah19841986
12William H. Yeboah19871987
13Joyce Aryee19871988
14Kwamena Ahwoi
(Local Government and Rural Development)
1993
1994Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
15Cecilia Johnson
(Local Government and Rural Development)
6 January 2001
16Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu[2]
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20012003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
17Kwadwo Adjei-Darko[3]
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20032005
18Charles Bimpong Bintim[4]
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20052006
19Stephen Asamoah-Boateng[5]
(Local Government and Rural Development and Environment)
20062007
20Kwadwo Adjei-Darko20076 January 2009
21Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP)20092011Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
22Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo[6]20112012
20122013Mahama government
23Akwasi Oppong Fosu (MP)
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20136 January 2017
24Alima MahamaJanuary 2017[7]incumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party

References

  1. "1957 Govt. of Ghana". Photo Archive. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. "Eleven Ministers Sworn-in". News. Ghana Home Page. 2 February 2001. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. "Government names new Cabinet". News. Ghana Home Page. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  4. "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". News. Ghana Home Page. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  5. "Kufuor restructures ministerial team". News. Ghana Home Page. 28 April 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  6. "Cabinet reshuffle: Zita dropped, Betty for education". News. Ghana Home Page. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  7. "Akufo-Addo swears in 8 ministers today". Ghanaweb. GhanaWeb. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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