The Minister for Youth and Sports in Ghana heads the Ministry of Youth and Sports. This role has been combined with the heading of other ministries in the past. Under the NRC and SMC military governments, it was headed by a Commissioner for Education, Culture and Sports. Under the Limann government, the head was the Minister for Culture and Sport. During the era of the PNDC military government, the head was designated the Secretary for Youth and Sports. During the Kufuor government period, the designations have included Minister for Education, Youth and Sports, Minister for Education and Sports and Minister for Education, Science and Sports.Following Ghana attaining a Republican status in 1960, President Kwame Nkrumah appointed Ohene Djan Director of Sports of the Central Organisation of Sports (COS). This position was of ministerial status.[1] Colonel I. K. Acheampong who was Head of state of Ghana and Chairman of the ruling SMC also doubled as Commissioner for Sports until 1978. During this period, he appointed Lt. Colonel Simpe-Asante as the Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Sports.[2]
| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohene Djan (Director of Sports) | 1960 | 1966 | Convention People's Party | |
| 2 | Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Nkegbe (Commissioner for Education, Culture and Sports) | 1973 | Military government | ||
| 3 | Colonel Emmanuel Obeng Nyante (Commissioner for Education, Youth and Culture) | October 1975 | |||
| 4 | October 1975 | July 1978 | Supreme Military Council | ||
| 5 | E. R. K. Dwemoh[3] | 1978 | January 1979 | ||
| 6 | Kofi Badu[4] | January 1979 | June 1979 | ||
| June 1979 | June 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | |||
| 7 | Nii Anyetei Kwakwranya | June 1979 | September 1979 | ||
| 8 | Thomas G. Abilla | 1979 | 30 December 1981 | People's National Party | |
| 9 | Nii Anyetei Kwakwranya[5] (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1981 | 1982 | Military government | |
| 10 | Zaya Yeebo (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1982 | 1983 | ||
| 11 | Amarkai Amarteifio (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1983 | 1986 | ||
| 12 | Ato Austin (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1986 | 1988 | ||
| 13 | Kwame Saarah Mensah (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1988 | 1991 | ||
| 14 | Arnold Quainoo (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1991 | January 1993 | ||
| 15 | Enoch Teye Mensah (MP) | February 1993 | January 2001 | ||
| 16 | Mallam Isa | February 2001 | March 2001 | ||
| 17 | Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP) | August 2001 | October 2001 | ||
| 18 | E. Osei Kweku | November 2001 | April 2003 | ||
| 19 | Kwadwo Baah Wiredu (MP) | April 2003 | February 2005 | ||
| 20 | Yaw Osafo-Maafo (MP) | February 2005 | May 2006 | ||
| 21 | Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP) | May 2006 | August 2007 | ||
| 22 | Dominic Fobih (MP) | August 2007 | January 2009 | ||
| 23 | Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak (MP) | February 2009 | June 2009 | National Democratic Congress | |
| 24 | Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo (MP) | July 2009 | January 2010 | ||
| 25 | Akua Sena Dansua (MP) | February 2010 | January 2011 | ||
| 26 | Clement Kofi Humado (MP) | February 2011 | July 2012 | ||
| July 2012 | January 2013 | ||||
| 27 | Elvis Afriyie Ankrah[6] | February 2013 | July 2014 | ||
| 28 | Mahama Ayariga[7] (MP) | July 2014 | March 2015 | ||
| 29 | Mustapha Ahmed[8] (MP) | March 2015 | January 2016 | ||
| 30 | January 2016 | January 2017 | |||
| 31 | Isaac Kwame Asiamah[9] (MP) | February 2017 | January 2021 | New Patriotic Party | |
| 32 | Mustapha Ussif[10] (MP) | March 2021 | Incumbent |