Minister for Health (Ghana)


The Minister for Health is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Health.

List of ministers

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
1J. H. Allassani 6 March 1957Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Imoru Egala July 1959July 1960Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
3Lawrence Rosario Abavana July 1960June 1961Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
4Komla Agbeli Gbedemah June 1961Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
5Lawrence Rosario Abavana October 1963January 1964Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
6Osei Owusu Afriyie 19641966Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
7Eustace Akwei19661969National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
8Gibson Dokyi Ampaw 1969January 1971Busia governmentProgress Party
9Simon Diedong Dombo January 1971January 1972Busia governmentProgress Party
10Colonel J. C. AdjeiteyNational Redemption CouncilMilitary government
11Lt. Colonel Anthony Hugh SelormeyMay 1973October 1975National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
12Brigadier Odartey-Wellington1975June 1979Supreme Military CouncilMilitary government
13Emmanuel Evans AnfomJune 1979September 1979Armed Forces Revolutionary CouncilMilitary government
14Michael Paul AnsahSeptember 1979August 1981Limann governmentPeople's National Party
15Dr. K. OcranAugust 198131 December 1981Limann governmentPeople's National Party
16Charles Buadu19831987Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
17Air Commodore F. W. K. Klutse19871988Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
18Nana Akuoko Sarpong19881991Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
19Stephen Obimpeh19927 January 1993Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
19Stephen ObimpehAugust 19941996Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
20Eunice Brookman-Amissah19961999Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
21Samuel Nuamah-DonkorRawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
22Kwame Danso Boafo7 January 2001Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
23Richard Winfred Anane 20012003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
24Kwaku Afriyie20032005Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
25Courage Quashigah20057 January 2009Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
26George Sipa-Adjah Yankey20092009Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
27Benjamin Kunbuor 20092011Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
28Joseph Yieleh Chireh 20112012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
27Alban Bagbin 201224 July 2012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
27Alban Bagbin 24 July 20127 January 2013Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
29Hanny-Sherry Ayitey14 February 201316 July 2014Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
30Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah 16 July 201414 March 2015Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
31Alex Segbefia16 March 20156 January 2017Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
32Kwaku Agyemang-Manu28 January 2017incumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party