Minister for Education (Ghana)

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

List of ministers

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party.
1	Kojo Botsio	1951	?	Nkrumah government	Convention People's Party
2	J. H. Allassani	1954	1956
3	J. B. Erzuah	1956	1957
4	C. T. Nylander (MP)	1957	1959
5	Kofi Baako (MP)	1959	1960
6	A. J. Dowuona-Hammond (MP)	1960	1964
7	Kwaku Boateng [1]	1 May 1964	24 February 1966
8	Modjaben Dowuona	1966	1969	National Liberation Council	Military government
9	William Ofori Atta (MP)	1969	1971	Busia government	Progress Party
10	R. R. Amponsah (MP)	1971	13 January 1972
11	Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Nkegbe (Education, Culture and Sport)	1972	1973	National Redemption Council	Military government
12	Colonel E. O. Nyante (Education, Culture and Sport)	1974	1976
13	E. Owusu-Fordwouh (Education, Culture and Sport)	1976	1978	Supreme Military Council
14	E. Evans Anfom (Commissioner for Education and Culture)	1979	24 September 1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
15	Kwamena Ocran	1980		Limann government	People's National Party
16	Francis Kwame Buah	1980	31 December 1981
17	Christina Ama Ataa Aidoo	1982	1983	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
18	V. C. Dadson	1983
19	Joyce Aryee	1985	1987
20	Mohammed Ben Abdallah	1987
21	K. B. Asante	1988	1990
22	Mary Grant	1991	1992
23	Alex Ababio	1992	1993
24	Harry Sawyerr	1993	1997	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
25	Esi Sutherland-Addy	1997
26	Christina Amoako-Nuamah	1997	1998
27	Ekwow Spio-Garbrah	1998	7 January 2001
28	Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi (MP) [2]	2001	2003	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
29	Kwadwo Baah Wiredu (MP) [3]	2003	2005
30	Yaw Osafo-Maafo (MP) [4]	1 February 2005	2006
31	Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP) [5]	28 April 2006	2007
32	Dominic Fobih (MP)	1 August 2007	7 January 2009
33	Alex Tettey-Enyo (MP)	2009	2011	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
34	Betty Mould-Iddrisu [6]	4 January 2011	24 January 2012
35	E. T. Mensah (MP) [7]	24 January 2012	February 2012
36	Lee Ocran	February 2012	24 October 2012
		24 October 2012	7 January 2013	Mahama government
37	Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang	February 2013	6 January 2017
38	Matthew Opoku Prempeh (MP) [8]	28 January 2017	6 January 2021	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
39	Yaw Osei Adutwum (MP) [9]	5 March 2021	6 January 2025
40	Haruna Iddrisu  (MP) [10]	22 January 2025	Incumbent	Mahama 2nd government	National Democratic Congress

See also

• Ministry of Education (Ghana)

References

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3. "Government names new Cabinet". General News. Ghana Home Page. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
4. "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". General news. Ghana Home Page. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
5. "Kufuor restructures ministerial team". General news. Ghana Home Page. 28 April 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
6. "Cabinet reshuffle: Zita dropped, Betty for education". General news. Ghana Home Page. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
7. "E.T. Mensah Takes Over Education". www.ghanaweb.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
8. "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb. Ghanaweb. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
9. "The Minister". www.moe.gov.gh. Ministry of Education Ghana. 28 October 2020. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
10. "President John Mahama swears in six Ministers following Parliamentary approval". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.