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 2013 is the Hon. Mark Owen Woyongo . He was appointed by President John Mahama.
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 | 1959 | 1960 | ||
| 4 | Charles de Graft Dickson (MP) | 1960 | 1961 | ||
| 5 | Kofi Baako (MP)[2] | September 1961 | 24 February 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) | 1971 | 13 January 1972 | ||
| 10 | General I. K. Acheampong | 1972 | 1975 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 1975 | 1978 | Supreme Military Council | |||
| 11 | Lt. General Fred Akuffo | 1978 | 4 June 1979 | ||
| 12 | 1979 | 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | ||
| 13 | Riley K. S. Poku | 1979 | 31 December 1981 | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 14 | Naa Polku Konkuu Chiiri | 1982 | 1983 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 15 | Rear Admiral C. K. Dzang | 1983 | 1985 | ||
| 16 | Alhaji Mahama Iddrisu | 1985 | 1999 | ||
| 1993 | 1999 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress | ||
| 17 | Lt Col E K Donkoh | 1999 | 7 January 2001 | ||
| 18 | Kwame Addo-Kufuor (MP) | 2001 | 2007 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 19 | Albert Kan-Dapaah (MP) | 2007 | 7 January 2009 | ||
| 20 | Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith | 2009 | 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 2012 | 7 January 2013 | Mahama government | |||
| 21 | Mark Owen Woyongo (MP) | 14 February 2013 | 16 July 2014 | ||
| 22 | Benjamin Kunbuor (MP) | 16 July 2014 | February 2017 | ||
| 21 | Dominic Nitiwul (MP) | February 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ 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.
