Minister for Education (Ghana) explained

This is a list of present and past ministers for education in Ghana.

List of ministers

Number	Minister	Took office	Left office	Government	Party.
1		1951	?		Convention People's Party
2		1954	1956
3		1956	1957
4		1957	1959
5		1959	1960
6	A. J. Dowuona-Hammond	1960	1964
7	Kwaku Boateng^[1]	1 May 1964	24 February 1966
8		1966	1969		Military government
9	William Ofori Atta	1969	1971		Progress Party
10	R. R. Amponsah	1971	13 January 1972		Progress Party
11	Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Nkegbe (Education, Culture and Sport)	1972	1973		Military government
12	Colonel Emmanuel Obeng Nyante (Education, Culture and Sport)	1974	1976
13	E. Owusu-Fordwouh (Education, Culture and Sport)	1976	1978
14	E. Evans Anfom (Commissioner for Education and Culture)	1979	24 September 1979	Armed Forces Revolutionary Council
15	Kwamena Ocran	1980			People's National Party
16	Francis Kwame Buah	1980	31 December 1981		People's National Party
17		1982	1983		Military government
18	V. C. Dadson	1983
19		1985	1987
20		1987
21		1988	1990
22		1991	1992
23		1992
24		1993	1997		National Democratic Congress
25		1997
26	Christina Amoako-Nuamah	1997	1998
27			7 January 2001
28	Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi^[2]	2001	2003		New Patriotic Party
29	Kwadwo Baah Wiredu^[3]	2003	2005
30	Yaw Osafo-Maafo^[4]	1 February 2005	2006
31	Papa Owusu-Ankomah^[5]	28 April 2006	2007
32		1 August 2007	7 January 2009
33	Alex Tettey-Enyo (MP)	2009	2011		National Democratic Congress
34	Betty Mould-Iddrisu^[6]	4 January 2011	2012
35		2012	24 October 2012
		24 October 2012	7 January 2013	Mahama government
36	Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang	February 2013	6 January 2017	Mahama government
37	Matthew Opoku Prempeh^[7]	28 January 2017	incumbent		New Patriotic Party

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