Minister for Information (Ghana)


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. On 16 July 2014, Mahama had another cabinet reshuffle involving a lot of ministries.

List of ministers

NumberMinisterTook officeLeft officeGovernmentParty
16 March 1957Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
2Kwaku BoatengNkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
3Tawia Adamafio19601962Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
4Imoru Egala1962Nkrumah governmentConvention People's Party
5National Liberation CouncilMilitary government
6 T.D. Brodie Mends1 October 196927 January 1971Busia governmentProgress Party
7Major Anthony Selormey1972May 1972National Redemption CouncilMilitary government
8Colonel I. K. AcheampongNational Redemption CouncilMilitary government
8Colonel C. R. Tachie-MensonNational Redemption CouncilMilitary government
9Major General Robert KoteiSupreme Military CouncilMilitary government
10Colonel Parker H.S. YarneySupreme Military CouncilMilitary government
11Kwame Afreh
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Armed Forces Revolutionary CouncilMilitary government
12Yaw O. Afriyie
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1979Limann governmentPeople's National Party
13Joyce Aryee19821985Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
14Kofi Totobi Quakyi19851993Provisional National Defence CouncilMilitary government
14Kofi Totobi Quakyi19932001Rawlings governmentNational Democratic Congress
15Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey2003Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
16Nana Akomea20032005Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
17Daniel Kwaku Botwe20052006Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
18Kwamena Bartels20062007Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
19Oboshie Sai-Cofie20072009Kufuor governmentNew Patriotic Party
20Zita Okaikoi20092010Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
21John Tia 20102012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
22Fritz Baffour 20122012Mills governmentNational Democratic Congress
22Fritz Baffour 20122013Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
23Mahama Ayariga 30 January 201316 July 2014Mahama governmentNational Democratic Congress
24Mustapha Abdul-HamidFebruary 2017August 2018Akuffo-Addo's governmentNew Patriotic Party
25Kojo Oppong NkrumahAugust 2018incumbentAkuffo-Addo's governmentNew Patriotic Party