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 (MP)
(Local Government and Justice) [1]
6 March 1957Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Kwaku Boateng (MP)
(Interior and Local Government)
 ? ?
3Mumuni Bawumia (MP)1 February 19651966
4Alex A. Y. Kyerematen
(Commissioner for Local Government)
19661969National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
5K. K. Anti (MP)19691971Busia governmentProgress Party
6Major General Nathan Aferi1972Oct 1975National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
7Lt. Col. B. K. AhlijahSupreme Military Council
8Lt. Col. K. A. Jackson
9C. K. Tedam19781979
10Kofi Badu
(Local Government and Sports)
Jun 1979Jun 1979Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
11Nii Anyetei KwakwranyaJun 1979Sep 1979
12Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah19791981Limann governmentPeople's National Party
13John Agyekum Kufuor19821982Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
14F. A. Jantuah19841986
15William H. Yeboah19871987
16Joyce Aryee19871988
15Kwamena Ahwoi
(Local Government and Rural Development)
1993
1994Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
17Cecilia Johnson
(Local Government and Rural Development)
6 January 2001
18Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu[2]
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20012003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
19Kwadwo Adjei-Darko[3]
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20032005
20Charles Bimpong Bintim[4]
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20052006
21Stephen Asamoah Boateng[5]
(Local Government and Rural Development and Environment)
20062007
22Kwadwo Adjei-Darko20076 January 2009
23Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP)20092011Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
24Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo[6]20112012
20122013Mahama government
25Akwasi Oppong Fosu (MP)
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20136 January 2017
26Alima 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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