Minister for Defence (Ghana)

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The Minister for Defence is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Defence of Ghana and the Ghana Armed Forces. The Minister for Defence since February 2017 is the Hon. Dominic Nitiwul. He was appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo.

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List of ministers

The ministry has had a succession of ministers since independence starting with the Governor - General. During the rule of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, there was no specific minister as the council as a body was responsible for Defence. [1]

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1 Charles Noble Arden-Clarke 19571958 Nkrumah government Governor-General
2Rev Stephen Allen Dzirasa (MP)19581959 Convention People's Party
3 Kwame Nkrumah (MP)19591960
4 Charles de Graft Dickson (MP)19601961
5 Kofi Baako (MP) [2] Sep 196124 Feb 1966
6 Lt. General J. A. Ankrah 19661968 National Liberation Council Military government
7 Lt. General Akwasi Afrifa 19681969
8 J. Kwesi Lamptey (MP)19691971 Busia government Progress Party
9 Bukari K. Adama (MP)27 Jan 197112 Jan 1972
10 General I. K. Acheampong Jan 19729 Oct 1975 National Redemption Council Military government
9 Oct 19755 Jul 1978 Supreme Military Council
11 Lt. General Fred Akuffo 5 Jul 19784 Jun 1979
1219791979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
13 S. K. Riley-Poku 197931 Dec 1981 Limann government People's National Party
14 Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri 1982Nov 1983 Provisional National Defence Council Military government
15 Rear Admiral C. K. Dzang 22 Nov 19831985
16 Mahama Iddrisu 19856 Jan 1993
7 Jan 1993Feb 1999 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress
17Lt. Col. E. K. T. Donkoh Feb 19996 Jan 2001
18 Kwame Addo-Kufuor (MP)7 Jan 20016 Aug 2007 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party
19 Albert Kan-Dapaah (MP)6 Aug 20076 Jan 2009
20 Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith 6 Jan 200918 Feb 2013 Mills government National Democratic Congress
24 Jul 201218 Feb 2013 Mahama government
21 Mark Owen Woyongo (MP)14 Feb 201316 July 2014
22 Benjamin Kumbuor (MP)16 Jul 2014Feb 2017
21 Dominic Nitiwul (MP)Feb 2017Incumbent Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party

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References

  1. "Past Ministers for Defence". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. Kraus, Jon (April 1966). "Ghana Without Nkrumah - The Men In Charge". Africa Report. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2013.