Minister for Information (Ghana)
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The Minister for Information in Ghana usually heads the Ministry of Information. This position has existed in various configurations until the cabinet reshuffle of 16 July 2014 when President Mahama merged the functions of this ministry into that of the Ministry of Communications with the Minister of Communications having oversight for both Information as well as Communications.[1] On 16 July 2014, Mahama had another cabinet reshuffle involving a lot of ministries.[2]
List of ministers
| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 March 1957 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party | ||
| 2 | Kwaku Boateng | ||||
| 3 | Tawia Adamafio | 1960 | 1962 | ||
| 4 | Imoru Egala | 1962 | |||
| 5 | National Liberation Council | Military government | |||
| 6 | T. D. Brodie Mends | Busia government | Progress Party | ||
| 7 | Colonel I. K. Acheampong | National Redemption Council | Military government | ||
| 8 | Colonel C. R. Tachie-Menson | ||||
| 9 | Major General Robert Kotei | Supreme Military Council | |||
| 10 | Colonel Parker H.S. Yarney | ||||
| 11 | Kwame Afreh {Commissioner for Information and Cocoa Affairs} |
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | |||
| 12 | Yaw O. Afriyie {Minister for Information and Tourism} |
1979 | Limann government | People's National Party | |
| 13 | Joyce Aryee | 1982 | 1985 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 14 | Kofi Totobi Quakyi | 1985 | 1993 | ||
| 1993 | 2001 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress | ||
| 15 | Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey | 2003 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party | |
| 16 | Nana Akomea | 2003 | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Daniel Kwaku Botwe | 2005 | 2006 | ||
| 18 | Kwamena Bartels | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| 19 | Oboshie Sai-Cofie | 2007 | 2009 | ||
| 20 | Zita Okaikoi | 2009 | 2010 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 21 | John Tia (MP) | 2010 | 2012 | ||
| 22 | Fritz Baffour (MP) | 2012 | 2012 | ||
| 2012 | 2013 | Mahama government | |||
| 23 | Mahama Ayariga (MP) | 2013 | 2014[1] |
