Minister for Education (Ghana)

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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 J. B. Erzuah 6 March 1957 Nkrumah government Convention People's Party
2 Alfred Jonas Dowuona-Hammond
(Education and Social Welfare)
3 Kwaku Boateng[1]
(Education and Social Welfare)		 1 May 1964 24 February 1966
4 Modjaben Dowuona 1966 1969 National Liberation Council Military government
5 William Ofori Atta
(Education, Culture and Sport)		 1969 1971 Busia government Progress Party
6 R. R. Amponsah
(Education, Culture and Sport)		 1971 13 January 1972
7 Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Nkegbe
(Education, Culture and Sport)		 National Redemption Council Military government
8 Colonel Emmanuel Obeng Nyante
(Education, Culture and Sport)
9 Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Nkegbe
(Education, Culture and Sport)		 Supreme Military Council
10 E. Evans Anfom
(Commissioner for Education and Culture)		 1979 24 September 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
11 1980 Limann government People's National Party
12 Francis Kwame Buah 1980 31 December 1981
13 Christina Ama Ataa Aidoo 1982 1983 Provisional National Defence Council Military government
14 V. C. Dadson 1983
15 Joyce Aryee 1985 1987
16 Mohammed Ben Abdallah 1987
17 1988 1989
18 Mary Grant 1989 7 January 1993
19 Harry Sawyerr 1993 1997 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
20 Esi Sutherland-Addy 1997
21 Christina Amoako-Nuamah 1997 1998
22 Ekwow Spio-Garbrah 7 January 2001
23 Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi[2] 2001 2003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
24 Kwadwo Baah Wiredu[3] 2003 2005
25 Yaw Osafo-Maafo[4] 1 February 2005 2006
26 Papa Owusu-Ankomah[5] 28 April 2006 2007
27 Dominic Fobih 1 August 2007 7 January 2009
28 Alex Tettey-Enyo (MP) 2009 2011 Mills government National Democratic Congress
29 Betty Mould-Iddrisu[6] 4 January 2011 2012
30 Lee Ocran 2012 24 October 2012
31 24 October 2012 7 January 2013 Mahama government
32 Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang 2013 6 January 2017
33 Matthew Opoku Prempeh[7] 28 January 2017 incumbent Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Article Preview". New York Times. New York Times Archives. 2 May 1964. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. ^ "President Kufuor swears 10 more ministers". General News. Ghana Home Page. 8 February 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  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. ^ "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb. Ghanaweb. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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