Minister for Education (Ghana)

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

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List of ministers

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty.
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 196424 February 1966
7 Modjaben Dowuona 19661969 National Liberation Council Military government
8 William Ofori Atta
19691971 Busia government Progress Party
9 R. R. Amponsah
197113 January 1972
10Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Nkegbe
(Education, Culture and Sport)
19721973 National Redemption Council Military government
11 Colonel Emmanuel Obeng Nyante
(Education, Culture and Sport)
19741976
12E. Owusu-Fordwouh
(Education, Culture and Sport)
19761978 Supreme Military Council
13 E. Evans Anfom
(Commissioner for Education and Culture)
197924 September 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
14Kwamena Ocran1980 Limann government People's National Party
15Francis Kwame Buah198031 December 1981
16 Christina Ama Ataa Aidoo 19821983 Provisional National Defence Council Military government
17V. C. Dadson1983
18 Joyce Aryee 19851987
19 Mohammed Ben Abdallah 1987
20 K. B. Asante 19881990
21 Mary Grant 19911992
22 Alex Ababio 1992
23 Harry Sawyerr 19931997 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
24 Esi Sutherland-Addy 1997
25 Christina Amoako-Nuamah 19971998
26 Ekwow Spio-Garbrah 7 January 2001
27 Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi [2] 20012003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
28 Kwadwo Baah Wiredu [3] 20032005
29 Yaw Osafo-Maafo [4] 1 February 20052006
30 Papa Owusu-Ankomah [5] 28 April 20062007
31 Dominic Fobih 1 August 20077 January 2009
32 Alex Tettey-Enyo (MP)20092011 Mills government National Democratic Congress
33 Betty Mould-Iddrisu [6] 4 January 20112012
34 Lee Ocran 201224 October 2012
24 October 20127 January 2013 Mahama government
35 Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang February 20136 January 2017
36 Matthew Opoku Prempeh [7] 28 January 2017incumbent Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party

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