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.
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 |
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| 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 | ||
| 8 | J. Kwesi Lamptey (MP) |
1969 | 1971 | Busia government | Progress Party |
| 9 | Bukari K. Adama (MP) | 27 Jan 1971 | 12 Jan 1972 | ||
| 10 | General I. K. Acheampong | Jan 1972 | 9 Oct 1975 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 9 Oct 1975 | 5 Jul 1978 | Supreme Military Council | |||
| 11 | Lt. General Fred Akuffo | 5 Jul 1978 | 4 Jun 1979 | ||
| 12 | 1979 | 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
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| 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 | ||
| 7 Jan 1993 | Feb 1999 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress | ||
| 17 | Lt. Col. E. K. T. Donkoh | Feb 1999 | 6 Jan 2001 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 20 | Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith | 6 Jan 2009 | 18 Feb 2013 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 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 |
See also
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.