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First cabinet of Kwame Nkrumah in 1957 Standing (L to R): J. H. Allassani, N. A. Welbeck, Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, J.E. Jantuah, Imoru Egala Sitting (L to R): A. Casely-Hayford, Kojo Botsio, Kwame Nkrumah, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, E.O. Asafu-Adjaye; The National Archives UK - CO 1069-43-65.jpg
First cabinet of Kwame Nkrumah in 1957
Standing (L to R): J. H. Allassani, N. A. Welbeck, Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, J.E. Jantuah, Imoru Egala
Sitting (L to R): A. Casely-Hayford, Kojo Botsio, Kwame Nkrumah, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, E.O. Asafu-Adjaye;

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and first President of Ghana. Nkrumah had run governments under the supervision of the British government through Charles Arden-Clarke, the Governor-General. His first government under colonial rule started from 21 March 1952 until independence. His first independent government took office on 6 March 1957. [1] From 1 July 1960, Ghana became a republic and Nkrumah became the first president of Ghana.

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In February 1966 his government was overthrown by the National Liberation Council military coup.

Nkrumah's independence government (1957 – 1960)

PortfolioMinisterTime frameNotes
Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah 6 March 1957 – 1 July 1960
Minister for Foreign Affairs Kwame Nkrumah 6 March 1957 – 1958
Kojo Botsio 1958 – 1959
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei 1959 – 1960
Minister for Defence Charles Arden-Clarke [2] 1957 – 1958
Stephen Allen Dzirasa [2] 1958 – 1959
Kwame Nkrumah [2] 1959 – 1960
Minister for Interior [3] Ebenezer Ako-Adjei 6 March 1957 – 1958
Krobo Edusei 1958 – 1958
Kwame Nkrumah 1958 – 1958
A. E. Inkumsah 1959 – 1960
Minister for Finance Komla Agbeli Gbedemah 1954 – May 1961
Attorney General of Ghana G. M. Paterson [4] March 1957 – August 1957
Geoffrey Bing [5] 7 August 1957 – 29 August 1961 [6]
Minister for Health J. H. Allassani 6 March 1957 – ?
Minister for Local Government A.E.A. Ofori Atta 6 March 1957 – ?
Minister for Education John Bogolo Erzuah 6 March 1957 – 22 May 1957
C. T. Nylander [7] 22 May 1957 – 1958 [8]
Minister for Education and Information Kofi Baako [8] August 1957 [9] – 1959
Minister for Agriculture Boahene Yeboah-Afari [10] 6 March 1957 – 22 May 1957
Minister for Housing A. E. Inkumsah 6 March 1957 – ?
Minister for Trade and Labour
(later Minister for Commerce and Industry)		 Kojo Botsio 6 March 1957 – 1958
Minister for Communications Archie Casely-Hayford 6 March 1957 – 22 May 1957
Minister for Works N. A. Welbeck 6 March 1957 – 22 May 1957
Emmanuel Kobla Bensah [7] 22 May 1957 – 1960
Minister for Labour, Co-operatives and Social Welfare
(created in May 1957)		 Francis Yao Asare [7] 22 May 1957 – ?
Volta Regional Minister C. H. Chapman [11] November 1957 – June 1959
Ferdinand Goka [11] June 1959 – June 1960
Resident Minister in Guinea N. A. Welbeck 1958 – February 1959
Minister without Portfolio L. R. Abavana 6 March 1957 – ?
Minister without Portfolio Krobo Edusei 6 March 1957 – 1958
Minister without Portfolio Kofi Baako [7] 22 May 1957 – 1958
Minister without Portfolio N. A. Welbeck [7] 22 May1957 – ?
Minister without Portfolio John Bogolo Erzuah [7] 22 May1957 – ?
Minister without Portfolio Archie Casely-Hayford [7] 22 May1957 – ?
Minister without Portfolio Boahene Yeboah-Afari [7] 22 May1957 – ?

Nkrumah's republican government (1960 – 1966)

Ghana became a republic on 1 July 1960. A referendum in February 1964 on Ghana becoming a one-party state resulted in a landslide victory for the Kwame Nkrumah and the CPP government. There were hardly any votes against the one-party state in all the regions. [12] A year later in June 1965, all 198 candidates of the CPP for parliament were elected unopposed. [13] In February 1965, Nkrumah reshuffled made a big change to his government. Twelve new ministers were appointed and many others changed portfolios. [14]

PortfolioMinisterTime frameNotes
President Kwame Nkrumah [15] 1 July 1960 – 24 February 1966
Minister for Foreign Affairs [3] Imoru Egala 1960 – 1961
Ebenezer Ako-Adjei [15] 1961 – 1962
Kwame Nkrumah 1962 – 1963
Kojo Botsio [16] 1963 – 1965
Alex Quaison-Sackey [17] 1965 – 1966
Minister for Defence Charles de Graft Dickson [18] [2] 1960 – 1961
Kofi Baako [15] [19] [2] September 1961 – 24 February 1966
Minister for Interior [3] A. E. Inkumsah 1960 – 1961
Kwaku Boateng [15] [20]
(Interior and Local Government)		1961 – 1964 [21]
L. R. Abavana 1964 – 1965
A. E. Inkumsah [22] 1 February 1965 – 1965
L. R. Abavana 1965 – 1966
Minister for Finance Komla Agbeli Gbedemah [23] 1954 – May 1961
Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka [20] [15]
(Minister for Finance and Trade)		8 May 1961 [24] – February 1964
Kwame Nkrumah February 1964 – ?
Kwesi Amoako-Atta [17] 1965 – 1966
Attorney General and Minister for Justice Geoffrey Bing [5]
A. E. A. Ofori-Atta [23] [15] 		7 August 1957 – 29 August 1961 [6]
c. 1962– 1965 [22]
George Commey Mills-Odoi [6] 30 September 1961 – 29 August 1962
B. E. Kwaw-Swanzy 1962 – February 1966
Minister for Health L. R. Abavana 1960 – 1961
Komla Agbeli Gbedemah June 1961 – ?
A. E. Inkumsah [15] c. 1962– 1963 [25]
L. R. Abavana [26] 1963 – 1964 [21]
Joseph Kodzo c. 1965 [22]
Osei Owusu Afriyie [27] c. 1966
Minister for Local Government A.E.A. Ofori Atta 6 March 1957 – ?
Mumuni Bawumia [22]
(Municipal and Local Councils)		1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Education and Social Welfare Alfred Jonas Dowuona-Hammond [15] [20] c. 1960-1964 [8]
Kwaku Boateng [8] [17]
(Science and Higher Education)		1964 [21] – February 1966
Minister for Social Welfare P. K. K. Quaidoo [18] c. 1961
Osei Owusu Afriyie [15]
(Labour and Social Welfare)		c. 1962 & 1965 [22]
Susanna Al-Hassan [28]
(Social Welfare and Community Development)		1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Labour K. Amoa-Awuah 1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Agriculture [10] Francis Yao Asare 1960
Kojo Botsio [23] 1960 – 1962
L. R. Abavana [15] 1962
Krobo Edusei [29]
(Food and Agriculture)		1963 – 1965 [22]
F. A. Jantuah [17] 1965 – 1966
Minister for Works and Housing E. K. Bensah [18] 22 May 1957 –c. 1965 [22]
Minister for Works E. K. Bensah
(Minister for Works and Communications)		1963 [25] – 1965
Minister for Housing F. E. Techie-Menson 1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Construction and Communication E. K. Bensah [15] c. 1962
Minister for Trade Ferdinand Goka [18] 1 July 1960 – 8 May 1961
L. R. Abavana June 1961 – ?
A. Y. K. Djin [22] c. 1965
Minister for Overseas Trade Osei Owusu Afriyie 1965
Kwesi Armah [17] 1965 – 24 February 1966
Minister for Industries Krobo Edusei [30] c. 1962
Imoru Egala [27] c. 1963 [25] – 1965
Minister for Transport and Communications Krobo Edusei  ? – ?
A. J. Dowuona-Hammond [27] c. 1965 [22] –c. 1966
Minister for Information Kwaku Boateng  ? – ?
Tawia Adamafio [15] [31]
(Minister for Information and Broadcasting)		1960 – 1962
L. R. Abavana
(Minister for Information and Broadcasting)		c. 1963 [25]
Imoru Egala [32] 1962 – 1965
Minister for Information and Party Propaganda N. A. Welbeck [17] 1 February 1965 –?
Minister for Lands A. K. Puplampu 1 February 1965 – February 1966
Minister for Mines and Mineral Resources L. R. Abavana [25]
(Minister for Mines)		February 1965 – June 1965
K. O. ThompsonJune 1965 – February 1966
Minister for Art and Culture J. Benibengor-Blay [33] 1 February 1965 – 1966
Minister for Co-operatives S. A. Kwaku Bonsu 1 February 1965 – 1965
Minister for Food and Nutrition Joseph Kodzo 1 February 1965 – ?
Hans Kofi Boni [34] c. November 1965
Minister for Fuel and Power E. I. Preko 1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Parks and Gardens E. Nee Ocansey 1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Pensions and National InsuranceA. K. Onwona-Agyeman1 February 1965 – ?
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kofi Baako [18] c. 1961
Minister for Presidential Affairs Tawia Adamafio 1961 – ?
Minister resident in Guinea Stephen Allen Dzirasa July 1960 – 1962
Kweku Budu-Acquah [20] c. 1963
D. K. Kulevome  ? – ?
Regional Commissioners
Ashanti Regional Commissioner Osei Owusu Afriyie  ? – ?
Stephen Willie Yeboah [35] c. 1964
Brong Ahafo Regional Commissioner Stephen Willie Yeboah [20] c. 1963
R. O. Amoako-Atta [35] c. 1964
Central Regional Commissioner J. E. Hagan [36] [20] c. 1961-1964 [35]
Eastern Regional Commissioner Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe [36] 1957 – 1965
J. E. Hagan [37] (MP)1965 – 1966
Greater Accra Regional Commissioner Paul Teiko Tagoe  ? – ?
Northern Regional Commissioner Emmanuel Adama Mahama [35] c. 1964
Upper Regional Commissioner Ayeebo Asumda [20] c. 1963-1964 [35]
Volta Regional Commissioner Francis Yao Asare [36] c. 1961
Hans Kofi Boni [35] [38] 1961 — 1965
Joseph Kodzo [39]
Western Regional Commissioner John Arthur [20] c. 1963-1964 [35]

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