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 Africaportal  Politicsportal |
This is a list of present and past ministers for education in Ghana.
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| Africaportal Politicsportal |
This is a list of present and past ministers for education in Ghana.
| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party. |
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| 1 | Kojo Botsio | ? | ? | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 2 | J. H. Allassani | ? | ? | ||
| 3 | J. B. Erzuah | ? | ? | ||
| 4 | C. T. Nylander | ? | ? | ||
| 5 | A. J. Dowuona-Hammond | ? | 1964 | ||
| 6 | Kwaku Boateng [1] | 1 May 1964 | 24 February 1966 | ||
| 7 | Modjaben Dowuona | 1966 | 1969 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 8 | William Ofori Atta | 1969 | 1971 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 9 | R. R. Amponsah | 1971 | 13 January 1972 | ||
| 10 | Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Nkegbe (Education, Culture and Sport) | 1972 | 1973 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 11 | Colonel Emmanuel Obeng Nyante (Education, Culture and Sport) | 1974 | 1976 | ||
| 12 | E. Owusu-Fordwouh (Education, Culture and Sport) | 1976 | 1978 | Supreme Military Council | |
| 13 | E. Evans Anfom (Commissioner for Education and Culture) | 1979 | 24 September 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | |
| 14 | Kwamena Ocran | 1980 | Limann government | People's National Party | |
| 15 | Francis Kwame Buah | 1980 | 31 December 1981 | ||
| 16 | Christina Ama Ataa Aidoo | 1982 | 1983 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 17 | V. C. Dadson | 1983 | |||
| 18 | Joyce Aryee | 1985 | 1987 | ||
| 19 | Mohammed Ben Abdallah | 1987 | |||
| 20 | K. B. Asante | 1988 | 1990 | ||
| 21 | Mary Grant | 1991 | 1992 | ||
| 22 | Alex Ababio | 1992 | |||
| 23 | Harry Sawyerr | 1993 | 1997 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 24 | Esi Sutherland-Addy | 1997 | |||
| 25 | Christina Amoako-Nuamah | 1997 | 1998 | ||
| 26 | Ekwow Spio-Garbrah | 7 January 2001 | |||
| 27 | Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi [2] | 2001 | 2003 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 28 | Kwadwo Baah Wiredu [3] | 2003 | 2005 | ||
| 29 | Yaw Osafo-Maafo [4] | 1 February 2005 | 2006 | ||
| 30 | Papa Owusu-Ankomah [5] | 28 April 2006 | 2007 | ||
| 31 | Dominic Fobih | 1 August 2007 | 7 January 2009 | ||
| 32 | Alex Tettey-Enyo (MP) | 2009 | 2011 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 33 | Betty Mould-Iddrisu [6] | 4 January 2011 | 2012 | ||
| 34 | Lee Ocran | 2012 | 24 October 2012 | ||
| 24 October 2012 | 7 January 2013 | Mahama government | |||
| 35 | Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang | February 2013 | 6 January 2017 | ||
| 36 | Matthew Opoku Prempeh [7] | 28 January 2017 | incumbent | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
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