The Minister for Health is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Health.
Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | J. H. Allassani (MP) | 6 March 1957 | July 1959 | Convention People's Party | |
2 | Imoru Egala (MP)[1] | July 1959 | July 1960 | ||
3 | Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP) | July 1960 | June 1961 | ||
4 | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (MP) | June 1961 | |||
5 | Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP) | October 1963 | January 1964 | ||
6 | Joseph Kodzo (MP) | December 1964 | June 1965 | ||
7 | Osei Owusu Afriyie (MP) | June 1965 | February 1966 | ||
8 | Eustace Akwei[2] | 1966 | 1969 | Military government | |
9 | Gibson Dokyi Ampaw (MP) | 1969 | January 1971 | Progress Party | |
10 | Simon Diedong Dombo (MP) | January 1971 | January 1972 | ||
11 | 1972 | 1973 | Military government | ||
12 | May 1973 | October 1975 | |||
13 | Brigadier Odartey-Wellington[3] | 1975 | ? | ||
14 | Abeifaa Karbo[4] | July 1977 | November 1978 | ||
15 | |||||
16 | June 1979 | September 1979 | |||
17 | Michael Paul Ansah (MP) | September 1979 | August 1981 | People's National Party | |
18 | Kwamena Ocran[5] | August 1981 | 31 December 1981 | ||
19 | Charles Buadu | 1983 | 1987 | Military government | |
20 | 1987 | 1988 | |||
21 | 1988 | 1991 | |||
22 | 1992 | 7 January 1993 | |||
August 1994 | 1996 | National Democratic Congress | |||
23 | Eunice Brookman-Amissah | 1996 | 1998 | ||
24 | Samuel Nuamah Donkor | 1998 | February 2000 | ||
25 | Kwame Danso-Boafo | February 2000[6] | 7 January 2001 | ||
26 | Richard Winfred Anane (MP) | 2001 | 2003 | New Patriotic Party | |
27 | Kwaku Afriyie | 2003 | 2005 | ||
28 | 2005 | 7 January 2009 | |||
29 | 2009 | 2009 | National Democratic Congress | ||
30 | Benjamin Kunbuor (MP) | 2009 | 2011 | ||
31 | Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP) | 2011 | 2012 | ||
32 | Alban Bagbin (MP) | 26 January 2012[7] | 24 July 2012 | ||
24 July 2012 | 7 January 2013 | Mahama government | |||
33 | Hanny-Sherry Ayitey[8] [9] | 14 February 2013 | 16 July 2014 | ||
34 | Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah[10] | 16 July 2014 | 14 March 2015 | ||
35 | Alex Segbefia | 16 March 2015 | 6 January 2017 | ||
36 | Kwaku Agyemang-Manu (MP) | 28 January 2017[11] | 14 February 2024 | New Patriotic Party | |
37 | Bernard Okoe-Boye[12] | 14 February 2024 | Incumbent |