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Minister for Information (Ghana)

{{Short description|Ministerial portfolio}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Politics of Ghana}}

The Minister for Information in Ghana usually heads the Ministry of Information. This position has existed in various configurations until the cabinet reshuffle of 16 July 2014 when President Mahama merged the functions of this ministry into that of the Ministry of Communications with the Minister of Communications having oversight for both Information as well as Communications.{{cite web|title=Mahama announces first ministerial reshuffle|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=267365|work=General news|publisher=Ghana Home Page|accessdate=23 March 2013 |date=11 March 2013}} On 16 July 2014, Mahama had another cabinet reshuffle involving a lot of ministries.{{cite web|title=Ministerial reshuffle: Spio rejoins gov't|url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=317164|website=Ghanaweb.com|publisher=Ghana Home Page|accessdate=31 July 2014}}

List of ministers

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Number

! Minister

! Took office

! Left office

! Government

! Party

16 March 1957rowspan=4| Nkrumah governmentrowspan=4| Convention People's Party
2Kwaku Boateng (MP)
3Tawia Adamafio (MP)19601962
4Imoru Egala (MP)1962
5National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
6 T.D. Brodie Mends (MP)1 October 196927 January 1971Busia governmentProgress Party
7Major Anthony Selormey{{cn|date=October 2019}}1972May 1972rowspan=3| National Redemption Councilrowspan=6|Military government
8Colonel I. K. Acheampong
8Colonel C. R. Tachie-Menson
9Major General Robert Koteirowspan=2| Supreme Military Council
10Colonel Parker H.S. Yarney
11Dixon Kwame Afreh
{Commissioner for Information and Cocoa Affairs}		Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
12Yaw O. Afriyie
John S. Nabila
{Minister for Information and Tourism}		19791980Limann governmentPeople's National Party
13Joyce Aryee19821985rowspan=2|Provisional National Defence Councilrowspan=2|Military government
rowspan=2|14rowspan=2|Kofi Totobi Quakyi19851993
19932001Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
15Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey20012003rowspan="6" |Kufuor governmentrowspan="6" |New Patriotic Party
16Nana Akomea (MP)20032005
17Daniel Kwaku Botwe20052006
18Kwamena Bartels (MP)20062007
19Florence Oboshie Sai-Cofie{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=25 July 2007|title=Oboshie Sai Coffie Dazzles The Appointments Committee Of Parliament|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/Oboshie-Sai-Coffie-Dazzles-The-Appointments-Committee-Of-Parliament-127697|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-11|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en}}20072008
20

|Stephen Asamoah Boateng{{Cite web|title=Asamoah-Boateng: There is no pressure on government|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/166339/asamoah-boateng-there-is-no-pressure-on-governmen.html|access-date=2021-01-11|website=Modern Ghana|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Delay in passing information bill seeks to improve implementation first|url=http://www.ghanadot.com/news.gnadot.062308f.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-11|website=www.ghanadot.com}}

|2008

|2009

21Zita Okaikoi20092010rowspan="3" |Mills governmentrowspan="5" |National Democratic Congress
22John Tia (MP)20102012
rowspan="2" | 23rowspan="2" | Fritz Baffour (MP)20122012
20122013rowspan=2| Mahama government
24Mahama Ayariga (MP)30 January 201316 July 2014
25Mustapha Abdul-HamidFebruary 2017August 2018{{cite web |title=Zongo Minister appointment a higher calling – Mustapha Hamid |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Zongo-Minister-appointment-a-higher-calling-Mustapha-Hamid-675675 |website=Ghanaweb.com |publisher=GhanaWeb |accessdate=14 October 2018}}rowspan="3" | Akuffo-Addo government

| rowspan="3" |New Patriotic Party

26Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (MP)August 2018February 2024{{Cite web |last=GNA |date=2024-02-14 |title=President reshuffles Cabinet, 13 ministers, 10 deputies out |url=https://gna.org.gh/2024/02/president-reshuffles-cabinet-13-ministers-10-deputies-out/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Ghana News Agency |language=en-US}}
27

|Fatimatu Abubakar

|February 2024

|Incumbent

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