The Minister for the Interior is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Interior. He is thus responsible for internal security and law and order in Ghana. The most recent person in this position is Hon.Ambrose Dery.[1] The position has also been known as Minister for Internal Affairs in the past.
The first Ghanaian to head this ministry was Ebenezer Ako-Adjei. He was also one of The Big Six instrumental in Ghana attaining its independence from the United Kingdom.[2]
| Number | width=200 | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ebenezer Ako-Adjei[3] (MP) | Mar 1957 | Nov 1957 | Convention People's Party | ||
| 2 | Krobo Edusei (MP) | Nov 1957 | Oct 1959 | |||
| 3 | Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah (MP) | Oct 1959 | Oct 1961 | |||
| 4 | Kwaku Boateng (MP) | Oct 1961 | May 1964 | |||
| 5 | Lawrence Rosario Abavana (MP) | May 1964 | Jun 1965 | |||
| 6 | Ashford Emmanuel Inkumsah (MP) | Jun 1965 | Feb 1966 | |||
| 7 | Feb 1966 | Mar 1969 | Military government | |||
| 8 | Mar 1969 | Aug 1969 | ||||
| 9 | Simon Diedong Dombo (MP) | Sep 1969 | Feb 1971 | Progress Party | ||
| 10 | Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade (MP) | Feb 1971 | Jan 1972 | |||
| 11 | J. H. Cobbina[4] | Jan 1972 | Sep 1974 | Military government | ||
| 12 | Sep 1974 | Oct 1975 | ||||
| Oct 1975 | Jul 1978 | Supreme Military Council | ||||
| 13 | Benjamin Samuel Kofi Kwakye | Jul 1978 | Jun 1979 | |||
| 14 | Jun 1979 | Aug 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | |||
| 15 | W. C. Ekow Daniels | Aug 1979 | Sep 1979 | |||
| Sep 1979 | Sep 1981 | People's National Party | ||||
| 16 | Sep 1981 | Dec 1981 | ||||
| 17 | Johnny F. S. Hansen | Jan 1982 | Apr 1982 | Military government | ||
| 18 | J. M. Ewa | Apr 1982 | Dec 1982 | |||
| 19 | Kofi Djin | Dec 1982 | Nov 1985 | |||
| 20 | Winston Mensa-Wood[5] | Nov 1985 | Oct 1987 | |||
| 21 | Oct 1987 | May 1991 | ||||
| 22 | May 1991 | Mar 1992 | ||||
| 23 | Mar 1992 | Jan 1993 | ||||
| Jan 1993 | Oct 1996 | National Democratic Congress | ||||
| 24 | Nov 1996 | Feb 1997 | ||||
| 25 | Feb 1997 | Jan 2001 | ||||
| 26 | Feb 2001 | Mar 2002 | New Patriotic Party | |||
| (acting) | Kwame Addo-Kufuor (MP) | Apr 2002 | Apr 2003 | |||
| 27 | Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (MP) | Apr 2003 | Feb 2005 | |||
| 28 | Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP) | Feb 2005 | May 2006 | |||
| 29 | Albert Kan Dapaah (MP)[6] | May 2006 | Aug 2007 | |||
| 30 | Kwamena Bartels (MP) | Aug 2007 | May 2008 | |||
| 31 | Kwame Addo-Kufuor (MP) | Jun 2008 | Jan 2009 | |||
| 32 | Cletus Avoka (MP) | Feb 2009 | Feb 2010 | National Democratic Congress | ||
| 33 | Feb 2010 | Jan 2011 | ||||
| 34 | Benjamin Kunbuor (MP) | Jan 2011 | Feb 2012 | |||
| 35 | William Kwasi Aboah[7] | Apr 2012 | Jul 2012 | |||
| Jul 2012 | Jan 2013 | Mahama government | ||||
| 36 | Feb 2013 | Jul 2014 | ||||
| 37 | Mark Owen Woyongo (MP)[8] | Jul 2014 | 19 January 2016 | |||
| 38 | Prosper Douglas Bani[9] [10] | 19 January 2016 | 6 January 2017 | |||
| 39 | Ambrose Dery[11] | 28 January 2017 | 14 February 2024 | New Patriotic Party | ||
| 40 | Henry Quartey[12] | 14 February 2024 | Incumbent |