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

Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party
1A. E. A. Ofori-Atta (MP)
(Local Government and Justice) [1]
6 March 1957Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Kwaku Boateng (MP)
(Interior and Local Government)
 ? ?
3Mumuni Bawumia (MP)1 February 19651966
4Alex A. Y. Kyerematen
(Commissioner for Local Government)
19661969National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
5K. K. Anti (MP)19691971Busia governmentProgress Party
6Colonel Victor Coker-Appiah19721972National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
7Major General Nathan Aferi1972Oct 1975
8Lt. Col. B. K. AhlijahSupreme Military Council
9Lt. Col. K. A. Jackson
10C. K. Tedam19781979
11Kofi Badu
(Local Government and Sports)
Jun 1979Jun 1979Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
12Nii Anyetei KwakwranyaJun 1979Sep 1979
13Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah19791981Limann governmentPeople's National Party
14John Agyekum Kufuor19821982Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
15F. A. Jantuah19841986
16William H. Yeboah19871987
17Joyce Aryee19871988
18Kwamena Ahwoi
(Local Government and Rural Development)
1993
1994Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
19Cecilia Johnson
(Local Government and Rural Development)
6 January 2001
20Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu[2]
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20012003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
21Kwadwo Adjei-Darko[3]
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20032005
22Charles Bimpong Bintim[4]
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20052006
23Stephen Asamoah Boateng[5]
(Local Government and Rural Development and Environment)
20062007
24Kwadwo Adjei-Darko20076 January 2009
25Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP)20092011Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
26Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo[6]20112012
20122013Mahama government
27Akwasi Oppong Fosu (MP)
(Local Government and Rural Development)
20136 January 2017
28Alima MahamaJanuary 2017[7]incumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew 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.
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