Minister for Defence (Ghana)

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.

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]

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1	Charles Noble Arden-Clarke	1957	1958	Nkrumah government	Governor-General
2	Rev Stephen Allen Dzirasa (MP)	1958	1959		Convention People's Party
3	Kwame Nkrumah (MP)	1959	1960
4	Charles de Graft Dickson (MP)	1960	1961
5	Kofi Baako (MP)^[2]	Sep 1961	24 Feb 1966
6	Lt. General J. A. Ankrah	1966	1968	National Liberation Council	Military government
7	Lt. General Akwasi Afrifa	1968	1969	National Liberation Council	Military government
8	J. Kwesi Lamptey (MP)	1969	1971	Busia government	Progress Party
9	Bukari K. Adama (MP)	27 Jan 1971	12 Jan 1972	Busia government	Progress Party
10	General I. K. Acheampong	Jan 1972	9 Oct 1975	National Redemption Council	Military government
10	General I. K. Acheampong	9 Oct 1975	5 Jul 1978	Supreme Military Council
11	Lt. General Fred Akuffo	5 Jul 1978	4 Jun 1979	Supreme Military Council
12		1979	1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
13	S. K. Riley-Poku	1979	31 Dec 1981	Limann government	People's National Party
14	Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri	1982	Nov 1983	Provisional National Defence Council	Military government
15	Rear Admiral C. K. Dzang	22 Nov 1983	1985
16	Mahama Iddrisu	1985	6 Jan 1993
16	Mahama Iddrisu	7 Jan 1993	Feb 1999	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
17	Lt. Col. E. K. T. Donkoh	Feb 1999	6 Jan 2001	Rawlings government	National Democratic Congress
18	Kwame Addo-Kufuor (MP)	7 Jan 2001	6 Aug 2007	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
19	Albert Kan-Dapaah (MP)	6 Aug 2007	6 Jan 2009	Kufuor government	New Patriotic Party
20	Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith	6 Jan 2009	18 Feb 2013	Mills government	National Democratic Congress
20	Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith	24 Jul 2012	18 Feb 2013	Mahama government
21	Mark Owen Woyongo (MP)	14 Feb 2013	16 July 2014
22	Benjamin Kumbuor (MP)	16 Jul 2014	Feb 2017
21	Dominic Nitiwul (MP)	Feb 2017	Incumbent	Akufo-Addo government	New Patriotic Party

References

^ "Past Ministers for Defence". Official website. Ghana Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
^ 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.

External links

Minister for Defence, Official Ghana Government website

[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.

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List of ministers

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