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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;
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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.
In February 1966 his government was overthrown by the National Liberation Council military coup.
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Nkrumah's independence government (1957 – 1960)
Portfolio | Minister | Time frame | Notes |
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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 |
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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 – ? |
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Minister for Local Government | A.E.A. Ofori Atta | 6 March 1957 – ? |
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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 |
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Minister for Housing | A. E. Inkumsah | 6 March 1957 – ? |
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Minister for Trade and Labour (later Minister for Commerce and Industry) |
Kojo Botsio | 6 March 1957 – 1958 |
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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 – ? |
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Minister without Portfolio | Krobo Edusei | 6 March 1957 – 1958 |
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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]
Portfolio | Minister | Time frame | Notes |
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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] |
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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. Thompson | June 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 Insurance | A. K. Onwona-Agyeman | 1 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] |
See also
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