The Minister for Health is the Ghanaian government official responsible for the Ministry of Health.
List of ministers
Number Minister Took office Left office Government Party 1 J. H. Allassani (MP) 6 March 1957 July 1959 Nkrumah government Convention People's Party 2 Imoru Egala (MP) 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 1966 1969 National Liberation Council Military government 9 Gibson Dokyi Ampaw (MP) 1969 January 1971 Busia government Progress Party 10 Simon Diedong Dombo (MP) January 1971 January 1972 11 Colonel J. C. Adjeitey 1972 1973 National Redemption Council Military government 12 Lt. Colonel Anthony Hugh Selormey May 1973 October 1975 13 Brigadier Odartey-Wellington 1975 ? Supreme Military Council 14 Abeifaa Karbo July 1977 November 1978 15 16 Emmanuel Evans Anfom June 1979 September 1979 Armed Forces Revolutionary Council 17 Michael Paul Ansah (MP) September 1979 August 1981 Limann government People's National Party 18 Kwamena Ocran August 1981 31 December 1981 19 Charles Buadu 1983 1987 Provisional National Defence Council Military government 20 Air Commodore F. W. K. Klutse 1987 1988 21 Nana Akuoko Sarpong 1988 1991 22 Stephen Obimpeh 1992 7 January 1993August 1994 1996 Rawlings government National Democratic Congress 23 Eunice Brookman-Amissah 1996 1998 24 Samuel Nuamah Donkor1998February 2000 25 Kwame Danso-BoafoFebruary 2000 7 January 2001 26 Richard Winfred Anane (MP) 2001 2003 Kufuor government New Patriotic Party 27 Kwaku Afriyie 2003 2005 28 Courage Quashigah 2005 7 January 2009 29 George Sipa-Adjah Yankey 2009 2009 Mills government National Democratic Congress 30 Benjamin Kunbuor (MP) 2009 2011 31 Joseph Yieleh Chireh (MP) 2011 2012 32 Alban Bagbin (MP) 26 January 2012 24 July 2012 24 July 2012 7 January 2013 Mahama government 33 Hanny-Sherry Ayitey 14 February 2013 16 July 2014 34 Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah 16 July 2014 14 March 2015 35 Alex Segbefia 16 March 2015 6 January 2017 36 Kwaku Agyemang-Manu (MP) 28 January 2017 14 February 2024 Akufo-Addo government New Patriotic Party 37 Bernard Okoe-Boye 14 February 2024 January 6 202538Kwabena Mintah AkandohFebruary 2025IncumbentMahama government from 2025National Democratic Congress (Ghana)
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