Minister for Health (Ghana)

The Minister for Health is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Health.

List of ministers

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1	J. H. Allassani (MP)	6 March 1957	July 1959	Nkrumah government	Convention People's Party
2	Imoru Egala (MP) [1]	July 1959	July 1960
3	Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP)	July 1960	June 1961
4	Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (MP)	June 1961
5	Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP)	October 1963	January 1964
6	Joseph Kodzo (MP)	December 1964	June 1965
7	Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP)	June 1965	February 1966
8	Eustace Akwei [2]	1966	1969	National Liberation Council	Military government
9	Gibson Dokyi Ampaw (MP)	1969	January 1971	Busia government	Progress Party
10	Simon Diedong Dombo (MP)	January 1971	January 1972
11	Colonel J. C. Adjeitey	1972	1973	National Redemption Council	Military government
12	Lt. Colonel Anthony Hugh Selormey	May 1973	October 1975
13	Brigadier Odartey-Wellington [3] [ self-published source ]	1975	?	Supreme Military Council
14	Abeifaa Karbo [4]	July 1977	November 1978
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16	Emmanuel Evans Anfom	June 1979	September 1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
17	Michael Paul Ansah (MP)	September 1979	August 1981	Limann government	People's National Party
18	Kwamena Ocran [5]	August 1981	31 December 1981
19	Charles Buadu	1983	1987	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
20	Air Commodore F. W. K. Klutse	1987	1988
21	Nana Akuoko Sarpong	1988	1991
22	Stephen Obimpeh	1992	7 January 1993
		August 1994	1996	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
23	Eunice Brookman-Amissah	1996	1998
24	Samuel Nuamah Donkor	1998	February 2000
25	Kwame Danso-Boafo	February 2000 [6]	7 January 2001
26	Richard Winfred Anane (MP)	2001	2003	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
27	Kwaku Afriyie	2003	2005
28	Courage Quashigah	2005	7 January 2009
29	George Sipa-Adjah Yankey	2009	2009	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
30	Benjamin Kunbuor (MP)	2009	2011
31	Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP)	2011	2012
32	Alban Bagbin (MP)	26 January 2012 [7]	24 July 2012
		24 July 2012	7 January 2013	Mahama government
33	Hanny-Sherry Ayitey [8] [9]	14 February 2013	16 July 2014
34	Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah [10]	16 July 2014	14 March 2015
35	Alex Segbefia	16 March 2015	6 January 2017
36	Kwaku Agyemang-Manu (MP)	28 January 2017 [11]	14 February 2024	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party
37	Bernard Okoe-Boye [12]	14 February 2024	January 6 2025
38	Kwabena Mintah Akandoh	February 2025	Incumbent	Mahama government from 2025	National Democratic Congress (Ghana)

References

1. Steinburg, S. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1960. p. 295. ISBN   9780230270893.
2. Ashitey, Gilford A. (1994). Disease Control in Ghana (PDF). Accra: Ghana Universities Press. p. 11. ISBN   9964301960 . Retrieved 30 October 2019.
3. Tagoe, George (May 2004). Genesis Four. Trafford Publishing. ISBN   9781553955696 . Retrieved 19 January 2015.
4. "State Burial for Naa Abeifaa Karbo". Modern Ghana. 18 January 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
5. "Ministerial Appointments - Names For Approval". Ghana News. 8 (9). Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana: 4. 1979. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
6. "HIGH COMMISSIONER PROF. KWAKU DANSO-BOAFO RECEIVES HONORARY FELLOWSHIP FROM THE GHANA COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
7. "4 Ministers Sacked In Cabinet Shake-up". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
8. "Reshuffle: Dr Agyeman-Mensah for Health; Sherry Ayittey for Fisheries". Graphic Online. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
9. "Reshuffle: Murtala, Oppong-Fosu, Nii Lantey reassigned". GhanaWeb. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
10. "KNUST churns out 1, 287 nurses". GhanaHealthService.org. Ghana Health Service. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
11. "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb. Ghanaweb. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
12. "See the full list of new ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo". ghanaweb.com. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.