Minister for Communications (Ghana) explained

Although the first minister was responsible for Communications, the designation has changed over the years. The position became combined with that of Transport for many years. Over the past decade, they have remained as separate ministries, each with its own minister of state.

List of ministers

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party
1	Archie Casely-Hayford^[1]	6 March 1957			Convention People's Party
2	Krobo Edusei Minister for Transport and Communications
3		1964	February 1966
4	Matthew Poku	Feb 1968	Apr 1969		Military government
5	Harona Esseku Minister for Transport and Communications	1969	1971		Progress Party
6	Jatoe Kaleo^[2] Minister for Transport and Communications	1971	1972
7	Lt. Col. Anthony Selormey Commissioner for Transport and Communications	1972			Military government
8	Colonel David A. Iddisah Commissioner for Transport and Communications			Supreme Military Council
9	Group Captain T. T. Kutin Commissioner for Transport and Communications
10	Eric R.K. Dwemoh Commissioner for Transport and Communications
11	George Harlley Commissioner for Transport and Communications	1979	1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
12	Harry Sawyerr Minister for Transport and Communications	1979	1981		People's National Party
13	Mahama Iddrisu Secretary for Transport and Communications	1983	1987		Military government
14	Yaw Donkor Secretary for Transport and Communications	1987	1992
15	Kwame Peprah Secretary for Transport and Communications	1992	1993
16	Edward Salia Minister for Transport and Communications	1993	1995		National Democratic Congress
17			1998
18		1998	2001
19	Felix Owusu-Adjapong^[3] Minister for Transport and Communications	2001	2003		New Patriotic Party
20	Albert Kan Dapaah^[4] ^[5]	2003	2006
21	Mike Oquaye^[6]	2006	2007
22	Dr. Ben Aggrey Ntim^[7]	2007	2009
23		2009	2012		National Democratic Congress
		2012	2013	Mahama government
24	Edward Omane Boamah^[8]	2013	2017
25	Ursula Owusu-Ekuful^[9]	2017	Incumbent	Nana Akufo-Addo 's govrernment	New Patriotic Party

See also

• Minister for Transport (Ghana)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1957 Govt. of Ghana. Photo Archive. Ghana Home Page. 9 December 2013.
2. West Africa, Volume 25, Part 2 . 850 . 1971.
3. Web site: Kufuor swears in four more ministers. News. Ghana Home Page. 9 December 2013. 10 February 2001.
4. Web site: Government names new Cabinet. News. Ghana Home Page. 9 December 2013. 1 April 2003.
5. Web site: Twenty-nine Ministers sworn into office. News. Ghana Home Page. 9 December 2013. 2 February 2005.
6. Web site: Kufuor restructures ministerial team. News. Ghana Home Page. 9 December 2013. 28 April 2006.
7. Web site: Full list of Ministers and Regional Ministers out. News. Ghana Home Page. 9 December 2013. 31 July 2007.
8. Web site: President Mahama Administeres Oaths Of Allegiance And Secrecy To 17 Ministers. News. Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. 9 December 2013. 14 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002102000/http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.1272708. 2 October 2013. dead.
9. News: FULL LIST: All of Akufo Addo's presidential staff and ministers 233 Live News. 2017-01-13. 233 Live News. 2017-11-24. en-US.