Minister for Health (Ghana)

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

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List of ministers
Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party
1J. H. Allassani (MP)6 March 1957July 1959Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Imoru Egala (MP)[1]July 1959July 1960
3Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP)July 1960June 1961
4Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (MP)June 1961
5Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP)October 1963January 1964
6Joseph Kodzo (MP)December 1964June 1965
7Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP)June 1965February 1966
8Eustace Akwei[2]19661969National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
9Gibson Dokyi Ampaw (MP)1969January 1971Busia governmentProgress Party
10Simon Diedong Dombo (MP)January 1971January 1972
11Colonel J. C. Adjeitey19721973National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
12Lt. Colonel Anthony Hugh SelormeyMay 1973October 1975
13Brigadier Odartey-Wellington[3]1975 ?Supreme Military Council
14Abeifaa Karbo[4]July 1977November 1978
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16Emmanuel Evans AnfomJune 1979September 1979Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
17Michael Paul Ansah (MP)September 1979August 1981Limann governmentPeople's National Party
18Kwamena Ocran[5]August 198131 December 1981
19Charles Buadu19831987Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
20Air Commodore F. W. K. Klutse19871988
21Nana Akuoko Sarpong19881991
22Stephen Obimpeh19927 January 1993
August 19941996Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
23Eunice Brookman-Amissah19961998
24Samuel Nuamah Donkor1998 February 2000
25Kwame Danso-BoafoFebruary 2000[6] 7 January 2001
26Richard Winfred Anane (MP)20012003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
27Kwaku Afriyie20032005
28Courage Quashigah20057 January 2009
29George Sipa-Adjah Yankey20092009Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
30Benjamin Kunbuor (MP)20092011
31Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP)20112012
32Alban Bagbin (MP)26 January 2012[7]24 July 2012
24 July 20127 January 2013Mahama government
33Hanny-Sherry Ayitey[8][9]14 February 201316 July 2014
34Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah[10]16 July 201414 March 2015
35Alex Segbefia16 March 20156 January 2017
36Kwaku Agyemang-Manu (MP)28 January 2017[11]incumbentAkufo-Addo governmentNew Patriotic Party

References
  1. Steinburg, S. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1960. p. 295. ISBN 9780230270893.
  2. Ashitey, Gilford A. (1994). Disease Control in Ghana (PDF). Accra: Ghana Universities Press. p. 11. ISBN 9964301960. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. Tagoe, George (May 2004). Genesis Four. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 9781553955696. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. "State Burial for Naa Abeifaa Karbo". Modern Ghana. 18 January 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. "Ministerial Appointments - Names For Approval". Ghana News. Washington DC: Embassy of Ghana. 8 (9): 4. 1979. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  6. "HIGH COMMISSIONER PROF. KWAKU DANSO-BOAFO RECEIVES HONORARY FELLOWSHIP FROM THE GHANA COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  7. "4 Ministers Sacked In Cabinet Shake-up". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  8. "Reshuffle: Dr Agyeman-Mensah for Health; Sherry Ayittey for Fisheries". Graphic Online. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  9. "Reshuffle: Murtala, Oppong-Fosu, Nii Lantey reassigned". GhanaWeb. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  10. "KNUST churns out 1, 287 nurses". GhanaHealthService.org. Ghana Health Service. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  11. "Nana Addo swears in 12 ministers". Ghanaweb. Ghanaweb. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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