Nkrumah government
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Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and first President of Ghana. Nkrumah had run governments under the supervision of the British government through Charles Arden-Clarke, the Governor-General. His first government under colonial rule started from 21 March 1952 until independence. His first independent government took office on 6 March 1957.[1] From 1 July 1960, Ghana became a republic and Nkrumah became the first president of Ghana.
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Nkrumah's first independence government (1957 – 1960)
Portfolio | Minister | Time frame | Notes |
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Prime Minister | Kwame Nkrumah | 6 March 1957 – 1 July 1960 | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | Kwame Nkrumah Kojo Botsio Ebenezer Ako-Adjei |
March 6, 1957 – 1958 1958 – 1959 1959 – 1960 |
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Minister for Defence | Kwame Nkrumah | 1957 – 1960 | |
Minister for Interior[2] | Ebenezer Ako-Adjei Krobo Edusei Kwame Nkrumah Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah |
March 6, 1957 – 1958 1958 – 1958 1958 – 1958 1959 – 1960 |
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Minister for Finance | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah | 1954 – May 1961 |
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Minister for Health | J.H. Alhassani | 6 March 1957 – ? |
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Minister for Local Government | A.E.A. Ofori Atta | 6 March 1957 – ? |
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Minister for Education Minister for Education and Information |
J.B. Erzuah Kofi Baako |
6 March 1957 – ? 1958 – ? |
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Minister for Agriculture | Boahene Yeboah-Afari[3] | March 6, 1957 – 1960 |
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Minister for Housing | Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah | 6 March 1957 – ? |
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Minister for Trade and Labour | Kojo Botsio | 6 March 1957 – 1958 |
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Minister for Communications | Archie Casely-Hayford | 6 March 1957 – ? |
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Minister for Works | N.A. Welbeck | 6 March 1957 – ? |
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Minister without Portfolio | Lawrence Rosario Abavana | 6 March 1957 – ? |
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Minister without Portfolio | Krobo Edusei | 6 March 1957 – 1958 |
Nkrumah's republican government (1960 - 1966)
Portfolio | Minister | Time frame | Notes |
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President | Kwame Nkrumah | 1 July 1960 – 24 February 1966 | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs[2] | Imoru Egala Ebenezer Ako-Adjei Kwame Nkrumah Kojo Botsio Alex Quaison-Sackey |
1960 – 1961 1961 – 1962 1962 – 1963 1963 – 1965 1965 – 1966 |
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Minister for Defence | Charles de Graft Dickson Kofi Baako |
1960 – 1961 September 1961 – 24 February 1966 |
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Minister for Interior[2] | Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah Kwaku Boateng Laurence Rosario Abavana Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah Laurence Rosario Abavana |
1960 – 1961 1961 – 1964[4] 1964 – 1965 1965 1965 – 1966 |
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Minister for Finance | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah Ferdinand Koblavi Dra Goka |
1954 – May 1961 June 1961 – ? |
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Minister for Health | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah Laurence Abavana |
June 1961 – ? ? – 1964[4] |
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Minister for Local Government | A.E.A. Ofori Atta | 6 March 1957 – ? |
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Minister for Education and Social Welfare | Alfred Jonas Dowuona Hammond Kwaku Boateng |
? – ? 1964[4] – ? |
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Minister for Agriculture[3] | Francis Yao Asare Kojo Botsio Lawrence Rosario Abavana Krobo Edusei F.A. Jantuah |
1960 1960 – 1962 1962 1963 – 1965 1966 |
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Minister for Works and Housing | Emmanuel Kobla Bensah | ? – ? |
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Minister for Trade Minister for Overseas Trade |
Lawrence Rosario Abavana Kwesi Armah |
June 1961 – ? 1965 – 24 February 1966 |
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Minister for Transport and Communications | Krobo Edusei | ? – ? | |
Minister for Information | Kwaku Boateng Tawia Adamafio[5] Imoru Egala |
? – ? 1960– 1962 1962 – ? |
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Minister for Parliamentary Affairs | Kofi Baako | ? – ? | |
Minister for Presidential Affairs | Tawia Adamafio | 1961 – ? | |
Minister resident in Guinea | Stephen Allen Dzirasa | ? – ? | |
Regional Ministers | |||
Ashanti Regional Minister | Osei Owusu Afriyie | ? – ? | |
Brong Ahafo Regional Minister | Stephen Willie Yeboah | ? – ? | |
Central Regional Minister | Joseph Essilfie Hagan | ? – ? | |
Eastern Regional Minister | Emmanuel Humphrey Tettey Korboe | ? – ? | |
Northern Regional Minister | Emmanuel Adama Mahama | ? – ? | |
Upper Regional Minister | Ayeebo Asumda | ? – ? | |
Volta Regional Minister | Francis Yao Asare | ? – ? | |
Western Regional Minister | John Arthur | ? – ? |
Some of the information for 1960 - 1966 is taken from Liste der Regierungen Ghanas on the German Wikipedia
See also
References
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Preceded by
Colonial government
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Government of Ghana 1957 – 1966 |
Succeeded by National Liberation Council, 1966-1969 (Military regime) |