Minister for Local Government (Ghana)

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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.

List of ministers

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
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 19651966
4 Alex A. Y. Kyerematen
(Commissioner for Local Government)
19661969 National Liberation Council Military government
5 K. K. Anti (MP)19691971 Busia government Progress Party
6 Colonel Victor Coker-Appiah 19721972 National Redemption Council Military government
7 Major General Nathan Aferi 1972Oct 1975
8Lt. Col. B. K. Ahlijah Supreme Military Council
9Lt. Col. K. A. Jackson
10 C. K. Tedam 19781979
11 Kofi Badu
(Local Government and Sports)
Jun 1979Jun 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
12Nii Anyetei KwakwranyaJun 1979Sep 1979
13 Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah 19791981 Limann government People's National Party
14 John Agyekum Kufuor 19821982 Provisional National Defence Council Military government
15 F. A. Jantuah 19841986
16William H. Yeboah19871987
17 Joyce Aryee 19871988
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)
20012003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
21 Kwadwo Adjei-Darko [3]
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20032005
22 Charles Bimpong Bintim [4]
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20052006
23 Stephen Asamoah Boateng [5]
(Local Government and Rural Development and Environment)
20062007
24 Kwadwo Adjei-Darko 20076 January 2009
25 Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP)20092011 Mills government National Democratic Congress
26 Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo [6] 20112012
20122013 Mahama government
27 Akwasi Oppong Fosu (MP)
(Local Government and Rural Development)
2013May 2014
28 Julius Debrah
(Local Government and Rural Development)
June 2014February 2015
29 Collins Dauda (MP)
(Local Government and Rural Development)
February 20156 January 2017
30 Alima Mahama January 2017 [7] incumbent Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party

References

  1. "1957 Govt. of Ghana". Photo Archive. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. "Eleven Ministers Sworn-in". News. Ghana Home Page. 2 February 2001. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. "Government names new Cabinet". News. Ghana Home Page. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  4. "Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office". News. Ghana Home Page. 2 February 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  5. "Kufuor restructures ministerial team". News. Ghana Home Page. 28 April 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  6. "Cabinet reshuffle: Zita dropped, Betty for education". News. Ghana Home Page. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  7. "Akufo-Addo swears in 8 ministers today". Ghanaweb. GhanaWeb. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2018.