# Minister for Youth and Sports (Ghana)

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. 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.

## List of ministers

| Number | Minister | Took office | Left office | Government | Party |
| 1 | Ohene Djan (Director of Sports) | 1960 | 1966 | Nkrumah government | Convention People's Party |
| 2 | Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Nkegbe (Commissioner for Education, Culture and Sports) | 1973 | | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 3 | Colonel Emmanuel Obeng Nyante (Commissioner for Education, Youth and Culture) | | October 1975 | National Redemption Council | Military government |
| 4 | Colonel Kutu Acheampong | October 1975 | July 1978 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 5 | E. R. K. Dwemoh | 1978 | January 1979 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 6 | Kofi Badu | January 1979 | June 1979 | Supreme Military Council | Military government |
| 6 | Kofi Badu | June 1979 | June 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Military government |
| 7 | Nii Anyetei Kwakwranya | June 1979 | September 1979 | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council | Military government |
| 8 | Thomas G. Abilla | 1979 | 30 December 1981 | Limann government | People's National Party |
| 9 | Nii Anyetei Kwakwranya (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1981 | 1982 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 10 | Zaya Yeebo (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1982 | 1983 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 11 | Amarkai Amarteifio (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1983 | 1986 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 12 | Ato Austin (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1986 | 1988 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 13 | Kwame Saarah Mensah (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1988 | 1991 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 14 | Arnold Quainoo (Secretary for Youth and Sports) | 1991 | January 1993 | Provisional National Defence Council | Military government |
| 15 | Enoch Teye Mensah (MP) | February 1993 | January 2001 | Rawlings government | National Democratic Congress |
| 16 | Mallam Isa | February 2001 | March 2001 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 17 | Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP) | August 2001 | October 2001 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 18 | E. Osei Kweku | November 2001 | April 2003 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 19 | Kwadwo Baah Wiredu (MP) | April 2003 | February 2005 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 20 | Yaw Osafo-Maafo (MP) | February 2005 | May 2006 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 21 | Papa Owusu-Ankomah (MP) | May 2006 | August 2007 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 22 | Dominic Fobih (MP) | August 2007 | January 2009 | Kufuor government | New Patriotic Party |
| 23 | Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak (MP) | February 2009 | June 2009 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 24 | Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo (MP) | July 2009 | January 2010 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 25 | Akua Sena Dansua (MP) | February 2010 | January 2011 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 26 | Clement Kofi Humado (MP) | February 2011 | July 2012 | Mills government | National Democratic Congress |
| 26 | Clement Kofi Humado (MP) | July 2012 | January 2013 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 27 | Elvis Afriyie Ankrah | February 2013 | July 2014 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 28 | Mahama Ayariga (MP) | July 2014 | March 2015 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 29 | Mustapha Ahmed (MP) | March 2015 | January 2016 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 30 | Nii Lante Vanderpuye | January 2016 | January 2017 | Mahama government | National Democratic Congress |
| 31 | Isaac Kwame Asiamah (MP) | February 2017 | January 2021 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 32 | Mustapha Ussif (MP) | March 2021 | January 2025 | Akufo-Addo government | New Patriotic Party |
| 33 | Kofi Adams (MP) (Minister for Sports and Recreation) | 7 February 2025 | Incumbent | Mahama government 2 | National Democratic Congress |