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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.
| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. E. A. Ofori-Atta (MP) (Local Government and Justice) [1] | 6 March 1957 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party | |
| 2 | Kwaku Boateng (MP) (Interior and Local Government) | ? | ? | ||
| 3 | Mumuni Bawumia (MP) | 1 February 1965 | 1966 | ||
| 4 | Alex A. Y. Kyerematen (Commissioner for Local Government) | 1966 | 1969 | National Liberation Council | Military government |
| 5 | K. K. Anti (MP) | 1969 | 1971 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 6 | Colonel Victor Coker-Appiah | 1972 | 1972 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 7 | Major General Nathan Aferi | 1972 | Oct 1975 | ||
| 8 | Lt. Col. B. K. Ahlijah | Supreme Military Council | |||
| 9 | Lt. Col. K. A. Jackson | ||||
| 10 | C. K. Tedam | 1978 | 1979 | ||
| 11 | Kofi Badu (Local Government and Sports) | Jun 1979 | Jun 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | |
| 12 | Nii Anyetei Kwakwranya | Jun 1979 | Sep 1979 | ||
| 13 | Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah | 1979 | 1981 | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 14 | John Agyekum Kufuor | 1982 | 1982 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 15 | F. A. Jantuah | 1984 | 1986 | ||
| 16 | William H. Yeboah | 1987 | 1987 | ||
| 17 | Joyce Aryee | 1987 | 1988 | ||
| 18 | Kwamena Ahwoi (Local Government and Rural Development) | 1993 | |||
| 1994 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress | |||
| 19 | Cecilia Johnson (Local Government and Rural Development) | 6 January 2001 | |||
| 20 | Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu [2] (Local Government and Rural Development) | 2001 | 2003 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 21 | Kwadwo Adjei-Darko [3] (Local Government and Rural Development) | 2003 | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Charles Bimpong Bintim [4] (Local Government and Rural Development) | 2005 | 2006 | ||
| 23 | Stephen Asamoah Boateng [5] (Local Government and Rural Development and Environment) | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| 24 | Kwadwo Adjei-Darko | 2007 | 6 January 2009 | ||
| 25 | Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP) | 2009 | 2011 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 26 | Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo [6] | 2011 | 2012 | ||
| 2012 | 2013 | Mahama government | |||
| 27 | Akwasi Oppong Fosu (MP) (Local Government and Rural Development) | 2013 | 6 January 2017 | ||
| 28 | Alima Mahama | January 2017 [7] | incumbent | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
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